Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) on Wednesday signed a bill that reversed the state’s anti-truancy law, one of the most contentious policies that former Vice President Kamala Harris championed more than a decade ago during her time as San Francisco district attorney.
The controversial 2011 policy punished parents for their children’s chronic absence from school, slapping them with misdemeanors.
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