It's also good to know how many absences are allowed before your child is
considered a truant.
That could be a bigger problem if a student already has a lot of those and the extra one results in him or her being
considered truant.
When a student skips school, or misses school without permission (unexcused), they are
considered truant.
Not exact matches
This is so that the school does not
consider them to be
truants.
A student displays
truant behavior with a single unexcused absence from school, but a student needs to reach or surpass a certain number of unexcused absences to be
considered a chronic
truant.
When it comes to those with conduct disorders 48 % were behind in scholastic ability, 29 % were
considered to be possible or definite
truants and 36 % had been excluded from school [15].
For example 47 % of children with such disorders (as measured on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) were behind in their overall scholastic ability; 10 % were
considered definite or possible
truants by their teachers.