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Truancy is any intentional, unjustified, unauthorized, or illegal absence from compulsory education. It is a deliberate absence by a student's own free will and usually does not refer to legitimate excused absences, such as ones related to medical conditions. Truancy is usually explicitly defined in the school's handbook of policies and procedures.
The new truancy law was signed in May and went into effect in July. Senate File 2435 outlines guidelines for districts to follow to lower the rate of chronic absenteeism.
Extended through FY2008 the antitrust exemption of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994. Pub. L. 107–72 (text) 2002 No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: Reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Required states to implement standardized tests and penalized schools with poor performance. Pub. L. 107–110 (text) 2002
The 1647 law, in particular, required every town having more than 50 families to hire a teacher, and every town of more than 100 families to establish a school. [15] The Puritan zeal for learning was reflected in the early and rapid rise of educational institutions; e.g., Harvard College was founded as early as 1636.
“Some people lost their purpose for being at school,” one school district official told lawmakers.
Some estimates suggest as many as 100,000 pupils are missing from school rolls. Education Secretary says school attendance ‘non-negotiable’ in truancy crackdown Skip to main content
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1965. Part of Johnson's "War on Poverty", the act has been one of the most far-reaching laws affecting education passed by the United States Congress, and was reauthorized by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
More than a quarter of Bibb Schools students were chronically absent last school year, according to attendance data obtained by The Macon Newsroom