Section 189:35-a Truancy Defined.
I. For the purposes of this subdivision, ""truancy'' means an unexcused absence from school or class and ""unexcused absence'' is an absence without parental or administrative permission.
II. Twenty half days of unexcused absence during a school year shall constitute habitual truancy.
III. A school district shall define the term ""half day of absence.''
Source. 2005, 7:1, eff. July 1, 2005.