Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) defended her anti-truancy efforts in the state of California during a CNN town hall on Monday night less than a week after saying she regretted the unintended consequence of some parents being punished under a statewide law she helped pass in 2011.

When asked if there were any other laws or policies she regretted from her time as a prosecutor and how she would remedy them as president, Harris went back to vigorously defending her anti-truancy efforts as district attorney of San Francisco.

Let me be clear: I absolutely believe that children have and should be thought of to have a constitutional right to an education. Period, said Harris.

I took the issue on, she added. What weve got to do is pay attention to the fact that these children arent in school and put all the resources necessary to get them in school. And give their parents the resources, hold the school districts accountable. Why arent the school districts raising the alarm and putting all the resources possible into getting these kids to school every day?