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Jan 7, 2009 9:23 am US/Central

Teens Face Daytime Curfew In Dallas

Arezow Doost
DALLAS (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ― During the school year, young people should be in class. But truancy has become such a problem, the Dallas City Council is considering expanding its current child and teen curfew to include the daytime.

Currently, teens under 17 years old can't be out past 11 p.m. during the week and midnight on weekends.

"For me, it's like the night time curfew is enough for me," Kristle Castaneda agrues. "It (a change) wouldn't be reasonable at all."

Annette Offord, a 10th grader who was not in class during the day Tuesday, doesn't like it, either.

She says she's not in because she was trying to get enrolled at another school.

City officials hope the tighter policy will curb truancy, which Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Elba Garcia says has been linked to residential burglaries.

She adds the exact details of the plan are not finalized, but the city is working with Dallas ISD. Among the ideas is a facility where truant students can stay if they are caught breaking the curfew.

The fine for breaking curfew could reach $500.

Some parents call the proposed measures unfair.

"I really believe that enforcing a curfew like that would only put more responsibilities on the parents," Dallas mother Christina Penate says. "We are the ones who have to pay the fines the money comes out of our pockets."

Garcia said the council could vote on the curfew changes as early as next month.

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