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SHORTER
SEASON?
AND... A DOG
FORCED TO WEAR
A HOMEMADE
TORTURE DEVICE.
WHY WOULD
SOMEONE DO
SUCH A THING?
PLUS...
SHOULD TEEN
PARENTS PLAY BY
A DIFFERTET RULES WHEN ITMES TOINKS SO.
?WILL MORE TEEN
MOMS STAY IN
SCHOOL -- IF
THEY'RE GIVEN
MORE TIME OFF?
GOOD EVENING
EVERYONE - IM
CRYSTAL
GUTIERREZ.
THAT QUESTION IS
BEING ASKED BY
AN ALBUQUERQUE
CIVIL RIGHTS
GROUP -- THAT IS
PUSHING A BIG
CHANGE TO STATE
LAW THAT COULD
GIVE TEEN MOMS
AND DADS A LOT
MORE FLEXIBILITY.
NEWS 13'S ALEX
GOLDSMITH IS
HERE WITH THE
DETAILS.
CRYSTAL,
TYPICALLY HIGH
SCHOOL
STUDENTS GET NO
MORE THAN 10
DAYS OF
ABSENCES FROM
SCHOOL PER
SEMESTER,
EXCUSED OR NOT.
THE A-C-L-U
WANTS TO GIVE
PREGNANT AND
PARENTING TEENS
A DIFFERENT SET
OF RULES.
5:00 I was acing
almost every single
class that I had 5:03
MEET ELISIANA
MONTOYA. SHE
WAS A SOLID
STUDENT AT WEST
MESA HIGH UNTIL
SHE GOT
PREGNANT AT 15.
HER DAUGHTER
EVELYTTE WAS
BORN THREE
MONTHS
PREMATURE.
6:03 She had heart
problems, conditions
and she had to go to
the doctor a lot 6:08
THAT MEANT A
LOT OF ABSENCES
FROM SCHOOL.
SHE SAYS SHE
STARTED FALLING
BEHIND AND
NEARLY DROPPED
OUT.
10:30 I was pretty
much having a
meltdown every single
day, I was crying
saying that I wouldn't
make it 10:35
A-P-S DOES
PROVIDE A
SEPARATE
SCHOOL TO
ACCOMMODATE
TEEN PARENTS,
BUT ALEXANDRA
SMITH WITH THE
A-C-L-U SAYS IT'S
SOMETHING ELSE
THAT NEEDS TO
CHANGE.
24 The absence and
leave policies that are
currently in place don't
take into account the
responsibilities that
young parents have 30
THE A-C-L-U IS
PLANNING TO
PUSH A BILL AT
THE NEXT
LEGISLATIVE
SESSION
THAT WOULD GIVE
PREGNANT AND
PARENTING TEENS
UP TO 14 DAYS OF
ABSENCES A
SEMESTER,
EXCUSED OR
UNEXCUSED, TO
HELP TAKE CARE
OF THEIR
FAMILIES.
ON TOP OF THAT
THEY WANT TEEN
MOM MATERNITY
LEAVE.
1:59 10 days after
somebody has, gives
birth to their child
where they can be
home to bond with
their child and recover
from the birth 2:05
MONTOYA GOT
ENOUGH SUPPORT
TO GET BACK ON
TRACK AND IS
NOW IN SCHOOL
AT C-N-M BUT SHE
SAYS OTHER TEEN
PARENTS AREN'T
SO LUCKY AND
WOULD BENEFIT
FROM THE
CHANGE
9:41 I think that many
of the teen moms we
have now will graduate
and they won't just
drop out because they
think it's going to be
too hard 9:48
NATIONAL
STATISTICS SHOW
JUST 51 PERCENT
OF TEEN MOMS
GET THEIR
DIPLOMA.
BUT NOT
EVERYONE
AGREES THIS IS
THE WAY TO FIX
EVERYONE
AGREES THIS IS
THE WAY TO FIX
THE PROBLEM..
ONE
ALBUQUERQUE
WOMAN WE SPOKE
WITH IS AGAINST
THE PROPOSAL
--SAYING
PREGNANT
STUDENTS
SHOULD NOT GET
PREFERENTIAL
TREATMENT.
BACK TO YOU.
THANKS ALEX.
A SIMILAR
PROPOSAL FOR
DENVER PUBLIC
SCHOOLS IN 2008
WAS MET WITH
OPPOSITION BY A
NATIONAL GROUP
CALLED
CONCERNED
WOMEN FOR
AMERICA.
THEY ARGUED
THAT MATERNITY
LEAVE FOR TEEN
MOTHERS
REWARDS TEEN
PREGNANCY AND
PROMOTES OUT-
OF-WEDLOCK
TEEN SEX.
POLICE SAY A
MID-SCHOOL