英國政策:孩子逃學 家長入獄
The longest sentence imposed on the parent of a truanting child last year was 90 days. Most were fined.
英國孩子逃學家長被拘禁的最長達到了90天，而大多數的懲罰都是罰款。
Nearly 12,000 parents were prosecuted and 25 given prison sentences because of their children's truancy from school last year, the Guardian reported.
據《衛報》報道，去年，英國有近1.2萬名家長因孩子逃學而被起訴，25名家長被判刑。
Just over 9,000 were convicted, and nearly two-thirds of those were fined.
有超過9000名家長被宣佈罪名成立，其中三分之二的被判罰款。
The longest jail sentence imposed on a parent was 90 days, according to the Ministry of Justice. The highest fine imposed last year was 850 pounds.
司法部稱，最長刑期是一名家長被判坐牢90天，而最高額罰款達850英鎊。
Government figures show that more than 450,000 children— 7 percent of the school population— persistently missed school in autumn 2010 and spring 2011.
政府提供的數據表明，2010年秋季學期和2011年春季學期，英國有45萬多學生經常性逃學，這個數據佔到在校學生人數的7%。
That means they missed 15 percent of school days — a level of absence equivalent to skipping a month's worth of lessons in a year.
這意味這他們逃課逃掉了整個學期天數的15%，相當於整整一個月的課程。
