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Attorney General Kamala Harris shakes hands with Assemblyman Chris Holden, D-Pasadena, one of the lawmakers who is carrying a bill that Harris is backing to help reduce truancy in state schools following a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, March 10, 2014. The bills would write into law recommendations from a report done by Harris' office that would require school districts and the state to do a better job of tracking students who miss class. Harris said the legislation would help officials find ways to get truant students back in school. Also seen are Sen. William Monning, D-Carmel, left, and Assembly members Isadore Hall, D-Compton, second from left, Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo, third from left, and Raul Bocanegra, D-Los Angeles, third from left, who are all carrying other pieces of the bill package. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Attorney General Kamala Harris, discusses the package of bills she is supporting to help deal with the state's elementary school truancy problem during a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, March 10, 2014. Harris said the package of bills would require school districts and the state to do a better job of tracking students who miss class. Accompanying Harris were Harris, accompanied by schools chief, Tom Torlakson, second from right, and Assemblymen Raul Bocanegra, D-Los Angeles, left, Rob Bonta, D-Alameda, who are carrying two of the bills. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Attorney General Kamala Harris, discusses the package of bills she is supporting to help deal with the state's elementary school truancy problem during a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, March 10, 2014. Harris, accompanied by Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo, lef,t schools chief, Tom Torlakson, said the package of bills would require school districts and the state to do a better job of tracking students who miss class. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Attorney General Kamala Harris holds a copy of the report her office did on truancy in state schools during a during a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, March 10, 2014. Harris is backing a package of bills that would write into law recommendations from her report, which would require school school districts and the state to do a better job of tracking students who miss class. Harris said the legislation would help officials find ways to get truant students back in school. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Attorney General Kamala Harris, discusses the package of bills she is supporting to help deal with the state's elementary school truancy problem during a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, March 10, 2014. Harris, accompanied by schools chief, Tom Torlakson, left, and Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda, said the package of bills would require school districts and the state to do a better job of tracking students who miss class. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Kansas House Education Committee Chairwoman Kasha Kelley, an Arkansas City Republican, follows a briefing for House Republicans on a recent Kansas Supreme Court decision on school funding, Monday, March 10, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The decision says the state must boost aid to poor school districts. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
