truancy
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Among those surveyed was a Bolton head teacher who said arts subjects had been "systematically devalued" by the curriculum, which had contributed to some students hating school and committing truancy.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
Assembly Bill 461 would end the treatment of truancy as a crime under state law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2025
Older students faced fines or a suspended driver’s license for truancy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2025
“This truancy ends now,” Abbott said in a letter sent to each of the departed members.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2025
That put an end to my truancy, but nothing appeared to lighten the long gloomy day that going to school became.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
He was hospitalized three times for psychiatric issues and had repeated school suspensions, expulsions and truancies much of his life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2018
The reports detailed his history of special education classes and school truancies, as well as 26 juvenile arrests, psychiatric hospitalizations and medical diagnoses, including post-traumatic stress disorder from childhood traumas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2016
When students realized that attendance officers could not call home to check up on them, Hinsdale schools reported a sudden surge in truancies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Student identification badges will not only immediately show who belongs and who doesn't but also contain bar codes school administrators can instantly scan to show everything from previous tardiness and truancies to medical records.
From Time Magazine Archive
It has been said, in short, that the Three Hours for Lunch Club should be more clandestine and reticent about its truancies.
From Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned by Christopher Morley
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