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