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truancy

A truant is a student who stays away from school without permission or an explanation. Truancy laws are designed to encourage school attendance by creating simple court procedures through which children are held accountable for excessive school absences. The courts focus on the best interest of the child when addressing the truant conduct of a child.

Truant conduct is usually prosecuted or addressed as a civil (noncriminal) matter, and the definition and procedures for dealing with truancy are usually located in a state's statutes—often in the family code or education code.



State Statutes for the State of Texas

CHAPTER 25 - ADMISSION, TRANSFER, AND ATTENDANCE

(a) A school district shall adopt truancy prevention measures designed to: or out-of-school services aimed at addressing the student's truancy. court if the school determines that the student's truancy is the result of: students of the school district in truancy cases. (5) a system for tracking truancy information and sharing truancy information among school districts

CHAPTER 265 - PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES

early intervention or prevent at-risk behaviors that lead to child abuse, delinquency, running away, truancy , and dropping out of school. intervention or prevention of at-risk behavior that leads to child abuse, delinquency, running away, truancy , and dropping out of school.

CHAPTER 65 - TRUANCY COURT PROCEEDINGS

prosecutor decides not to file a petition requesting an adjudication, the prosecutor shall inform the truancy court and the school district of the decision. court may consider a written report from a school district official or employee, juvenile case manager (e) A truancy court, clerk of the court, truant conduct prosecutor, or school district shall reply to (1) documentation of all truancy prevention measures taken by the originating school district;

CHAPTER 203 - GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD AND DEPARTMENT

programs and services intended to prevent or intervene in at-risk behaviors that lead to delinquency, truancy , dropping out of school, or referral to the juvenile justice system.

CHAPTER 40 - DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES

early intervention or prevent at-risk behaviors that lead to child abuse, delinquency, running away, truancy , and dropping out of school.

CHAPTER 45 - JUSTICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS

EXPUNCTION OF FAILURE TO ATTEND SCHOOL RECORDS. (a) In this article, "truancy offense" means an offense committed under the former Section 25.094, Education

CHAPTER 531 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION

(iii) delinquency, truancy, or school dropout;

Federal Statutes

§ 11311. Definitions

xii) summer jobs programs; (xiii) alternative school resources for youth who have dropped out of school or demonstrate chronic truancy; (xiv) conflict resolution skill training; (xv) restorative justice

§ 1169. Reporting of child abuse

(C) administrative officer, supervisor of child welfare and attendance, or truancy officer of any tribal , Federal, public or private school,

§ 11133. State plans

delinquent youth or other juveniles— (i) to encourage juveniles to remain in elementary and secondary schools or in alternative learning situations, including for truancy prevention and reduction; (ii) to provide