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truancy

[troo-uhn-see] / ˈtru ən si /


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More than 50 members of staff at Tewkesbury Academy in Gloucestershire first walked out on Wednesday as one teacher said truancy was "rife" at the school.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Assembly Bill 461 would end the treatment of truancy as a crime under state law.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2025

It also forbade suspensions and expulsions for truancy and tardiness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

I fought truancy in California for more than a decade.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2024

“Now,” Auntie Aggie said, kissing me on each cheek, “go out there and tell that truancy man you’re ready to go to school.”

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland




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