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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Absenteeism and truancy are hitting the non-Haitians harder than anyone.
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
Their other numbers problem is the financial squeeze posed by declining enrollment, especially in large urban districts, compounded by apparently growing levels of chronic absenteeism, or truancy.
—Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 12 Sep. 2024
The size of the grants could be affected by various factors, such as the recipient’s age and level of need, and could be conditioned on grantees meeting certain behavioral requirements, such as preventing truancy in their school-age children.
—Richard N. Cooper, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2017
The municipal tickets — for violating ordinances including those against vaping, truancy and disorderly conduct — can include fines of as much as $750 in Rockford and are difficult to fight.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 4 June 2024
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
Their other numbers problem is the financial squeeze posed by declining enrollment, especially in large urban districts, compounded by apparently growing levels of chronic absenteeism, or truancy.
—Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 12 Sep. 2024
The size of the grants could be affected by various factors, such as the recipient’s age and level of need, and could be conditioned on grantees meeting certain behavioral requirements, such as preventing truancy in their school-age children.
—Richard N. Cooper, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2017
The municipal tickets — for violating ordinances including those against vaping, truancy and disorderly conduct — can include fines of as much as $750 in Rockford and are difficult to fight.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 4 June 2024
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“Truancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truancy. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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