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Record 1 2000-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • School and School-Related Administration
DEF

The term "habitual truant" is hereby defined as a student who willfully refuses to attend school in defiance of parental authority on four school days or portions thereof, which need not be consecutive, in the same school year.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire

Spanish

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