Truant definition

Truant means an unexcused absence for at least one class period during the day.
Truant means a student age five to eighteen, inclusive, who has four unexcused absences in any one month, or ten unexcused absences in one school year.
Truant means a condition by which a school-age child, without a valid excuse, is absent for (a) at least half of the school day; or (b) if the school-age child is enrolled in a learner verified program, as that term is defined by the State Board of Education, the relevant amount of time under the School’s Learner Validated Program Policy. A school-age child may not be considered truant under this policy more than one time during one day.

Examples of Truant in a sentence

  • On the day of this reporter's visit the work in progress included 'large fifteen inches pro- ductions' of The Snooze and The Truant from the monchrome pictures, painted expressly for printing in carbon, the copy- right having been purchased by the Company with a view to publication.

  • Habitually Truant students will be placed on probation for the remainder of the school year and the following school year, will be reported to child protective services, and may lose credit for their courses.


More Definitions of Truant

Truant means a pupil who is absent from school without an acceptable excuse under ss. 118.15 and 118.16 (4) for part or all of any day on which school is held during a school semester.
Truant means having incurred three (3) or more school days of unexcused absences during the current school year by a child subject to compulsory school attendance.
Truant means a pupil who is absent from school without an acceptable excuse for part or all of any day on which school is held during a school semester.
Truant means having incurred three (3) or more school days of unexcused absences during the current school year by a compulsory school aged child.
Truant means absent without a valid excuse.
Truant means a condition by which a school-age child, without a valid excuse, is absent for
Truant means any child who is subject to compulsory attendance and who has more than five days of unexcused absences during the student’s middle or high school calendar year.