Parents Go To Jail For Truant Child

Posted: 5:41 pm EDT March 9, 2009Updated: 8:45 pm EDT March 9, 2009

RICHMOND, Ohio -- A Richmond, Ind., couple will spend time behind bars after their daughter missed an alarming number of school days.Eli and Stephanie Collins pleaded guilty Monday to truancy charges.Prosecutors said their 11-year-old daughter has missed 87 days of school over the past two years and has been late 60 times.Records also show that the fifth grader has changed elementary schools 15 times in the past four years.The judge sentenced Eli Collins to 30 days in jail to be served immediately. When Eli is released, Stephanie Collins will serve 15 days in jail.The judge said this way at least one parent would be home supervising the child and making sure that she goes to school.