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

• Convertible Preferred Stock may be surrendered for Optional Conversion only after the Open of Business and before the Close of Business on a day that is a Business Day.

• Truant students may receive less than full credit for make-up assignments and make-up tests/exams.

• The school will take the appropriate disciplinary action for students who are considered truant.Habitual Truant according to IC 20-33-8-12, a child is designated as a habitual truant, who is chronically absent, by having unexcused absences from school for more than ten (10) days of school in one (1) school year.

• Truant absences are counted towards a student’s ten allocated days of absences.

• Truant students are at risk for many negative outcomes, including:• Educational failure;• Social isolation;• Substance abuse;• Low self-esteem;• Unwanted pregnancy;• Unemployment;• Violence;• Adult criminality and incarceration.

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 a condition by which a school-age child, without a valid excuse, is absent for at least half of the school day. A school-age child may not be considered truant under this policy more than one time during one day.

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 (a) at least half of the school day; or (b) if the school-age child is enrolled in a learner