truancy
noun
tru·an·cy
ˈtrü-ən(t)-sē 
plural truancies
: an act or instance of playing truant : the state of being truant
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Police did not find out about Madalina's disappearance until a school truancy report from the 11-year-old's middle school.
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Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
This bill would exacerbate these pressures by creating unnecessary paperwork, compliance monitoring and truancy enforcement demands at the local school level — without providing new resources.
—Aziza Butler, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
The bill addresses student absenteeism and truancy, conduct that leads to disciplinary actions, teacher turnover, mental health and school climate.
—Brooke Conrad, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2025
That’s because Proposition 36 would increase incarceration, reducing state savings from a measure approved by voters in 2014 — savings that the measure required to be targeted at mental health, drug treatment, school truancy, dropout prevention and victim services programs.
—Darrell Steinberg, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
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Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
This bill would exacerbate these pressures by creating unnecessary paperwork, compliance monitoring and truancy enforcement demands at the local school level — without providing new resources.
—Aziza Butler, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
The bill addresses student absenteeism and truancy, conduct that leads to disciplinary actions, teacher turnover, mental health and school climate.
—Brooke Conrad, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2025
That’s because Proposition 36 would increase incarceration, reducing state savings from a measure approved by voters in 2014 — savings that the measure required to be targeted at mental health, drug treatment, school truancy, dropout prevention and victim services programs.
—Darrell Steinberg, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
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“Truancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truancy. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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