truancy
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Assembly Bill 461 would end the treatment of truancy as a crime under state law.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2025
But they said the Academy Transformation Trust, which runs the school, had taken "decisive action" to address "unacceptable standards of behaviour and internal truancy".
From BBC • May 16, 2025
Harriet’s spying is partly the product of her parents’ truancy and partly a result of her deep affection for the world around her and all those who inhabit it.
From Salon • Mar. 2, 2025
"The goal of this task force will be to design and implement a comprehensive programme that addresses the root causes of truancy and builds pathways to higher achievement," the councillor added.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024
In those bright days of truancy we had never thought of What We Owed Devon, as the sermon this opening day exhorted us to do.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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