a new report released today, state attorney general pamela harris says attention dance in schools -- attendance in schools in california is at a crisis level and it's jeopardizing our economy, safety and children. the department of education finds one out of every five elementary schoolchildren are reported to be truant in the 23011-20 owe 10e 20 -- 2011- 2012 school year. they're considered tardy or truant 30 minutes or more. students are more likely to struggle academically and drop out in later years. there is a correlation between the number of criminals and crime victims and high school dropouts who start struggling academically at a young age. many end up in juvenile hall. some counties started informing parents they could face criminal penalties if their children don't go to school but state officials say prosecution is used as a last resort. here's a look at the truancy rate in the bay area. contra costa county ranks the highest at 29%. alameda county and san francisco are at 23%. among those request the lowest rates are marin county and solano county which just had a rate of

in a new report released today, pamela harris, school superintendent, says attendance is at crisis levelsand it's causing consequences for our economy, safety and children. the department of education finds that one out of every five elementary schoolchildren were reported to be truant in the 2011-2012 school year. a student is considered truant if they're absent or tardy by more than 30 minutes without a valid excuse three times in a school year. studies find students who miss school at an early age are more like lookly to struggle academically and drop out entirely once they're older. here is the breakdown for the bay area as far as truancy rates go. contra costa county ranks among the highest at 29%. alameda county is at 23%. going down to santa clara county. that is at 14%. and among those with the low (exí rates are -- lowest rates are marin and solano counties. student funding is actually based on school attendance so coming up in the next half- hour, i'll tell you how much it's costing us statewide and what the effect is on the economy. reporting live from santa cruz, jeanine de la

very distinguished panel we have a dear friend to acs and a true expert on the supreme court , pamela harris. pam is currently a visiting professor of law at georgetown university law center and the former executive director of the supreme court institute at georgetown. she has served as principle deputy to the assistant attorney general for the office of legal policy at the department of justice and also in the department's office of legal counsel. she has been a member of the supreme court and appellate practice. a lecturer at harvard law school and codirector of harvard supreme court and appellate advocacy clinic. pam also clerked for justice john paul stevens in the circuit for judge harry edwards so as i mentioned we could not be in better hands for today's discussion. please join me in welcoming pam harris. [applause] >> thank you caroline. thanks to acs for having me here today especially to karen who worked so hard to organize this event. i couldn't agree more with caroline. i think this has the potential to be really significant term and i think it's a little bit under the radar for

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with our distinguished panel we have a dear friend to acs, an true expert on the supreme court, pamela harris. pam is currently a vizzing professor of law at georgetown university law center and the former executive director. she's served as principle deputy to the assistant attorney general for the office of legal policy at department of justice. and also in the department's office of legal counsel. she has been a member of the supreme court and appellate practice, a lecture of harvard law school and codirector of harvard supreme court and appellate advocacy clinic. pam clerked for justice john paul stevens and for judge perry edwards. as i mentioned with we could not be in better hands for today's discussion. please join me in welcoming pam harris. [applause] thank you. thank you for acs for having me here today. i couldn't agree with more caroline. ting has a probably to be a significant term. i think it's a little bit under the ray dpar for right now. as caroline said we had so many profile cases in the last year or two, i think people have sort of missed the potential for this term to be