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Habitual truant is someone who is habitually truant.
a truant is someone who stay away from school without permission. a truant is someone who stay away from school without permission.
Habitual truancy typically refers to a student's repeated and unexcused absences from school, often defined by specific state laws. In many jurisdictions, a student may be considered a habitual truant after missing a certain number of school days, often defined as 10 or more unexcused absences in a school year. The exact definition and consequences can vary by location, including potential legal repercussions for both the student and their guardians.
It's Kentucky's legal definition of a habitual truant. To summarize: (a) a child over six years old is absent or tardy from school for three or more days without a valid excuse for said absence. (b) any student who has been reported as a truant two or more times is considered a habitual truant (c) attendance an absences are cumulative for the entire school year (d) local school boards may adopt reasonable policies that require students to comply with attendance laws, that require truants to make up unexcused absences, and that impose penalties for noncompliance. For more info, see http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/krs/159-00/150.PDF
It can be, when it refers to someone in a state of truancy (e.g. a truant student who has skipped school) or someone similarly idle or lazy. But it can also be a noun for that person (a truant).
There are still truant officers in school districts throughout the state of Alabama. However, Decatur City Schools no longer have truant officers in their school district. Instead they have active police officers patrolling for students skipping.
Truant or truancy.
Truant
Yes, that can happen and staying in school for one or two days doesn't work. You have to be consistent in attendance.
It didn't just happen once, he was a persistant truant.
A truant.