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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.
A student who breaches an out-of-school suspension (by attending the school during their suspension) may be arrested for trespassing, and repeated breaches may lead to expulsion and/or possible criminal penalties. Students are also not allowed to attend after-school activities (such as proms, sporting events, etc.) while suspended from school.
In March 2009, Capita SIMS were said to be responsible for sending a truancy warning notice to the family of a Cheshire school student who had died two months before. [22] Capita Children's Services have stated that the software that was used is designed to keep track of pupils' attendance and the school is able to produce letters to parents ...
"This trend of a sudden spike in year 2020 of violent criminal offenses by juveniles in Louisiana directly mirrors a 2020 spike in truancy cases throughout our state."
A kindergartener and a first grader missed more than a dozen days of school in 2021, the court said
Alamogordo Public School Board President Judy Rabon addressed the truancy policies. More on the Oregon Park shooting: Alamogordo Mayor says students gathering at Oregon Park 'problematic'
School refusal was initially termed psychoneurotic truancy and characterized as a school phobia. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] The terms fear‐based school phobia, anxiety‐based school refusal, and delinquent‐based truancy were commonly described as school refusal behavior. [ 2 ]
More than a quarter of Bibb Schools students were chronically absent last school year, according to attendance data obtained by The Macon Newsroom Bibb County Schools targets truancy in aim to ...