A parent has been ordered to pay £260 for their child being truant at a Harrogate school.
The 31-year-old mother pleaded guilty to the teenager failing to attend Harrogate High School regularly for a six-month period this year.
The Education Act 1996 states a parent is guilty of an offence if their child regularly fails to attend the school at which they are registered.
The woman, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the child, was fined £80.
She was also ordered to pay £150 costs and a £32 surcharge to fund victim services.
The case was heard at Harrogate Magistrates Court on Friday, November 10.
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