Parents of kids who skip school can be fined up to £100 from Friday in a scheme based on parking tickets.
It's part of a package of new rules in the Anti-Social Behaviour Act aimed at badly behaved kids' parents.
Parents could also be asked to get advice or go on courses in how to deal with their children's behaviour if they continue to cause problems.
Around 50,000 children play truant every day, and half of those are with a parent or another adult.
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