TRUANCY POLICY
Under the law, a student who is truant is subject to the jurisdiction of the Superior Court (Juvenile Division) on a delinquency petition. General Statutes S10-190a (a) defines “truant” to mean “a child enrolled in a grade from kindergarten to eight, inclusive, in a public or private school, who has four unexcused absences from school in any one month or ten unexcused absences from school in any school year; and a “habitual truant” means any such child who has twenty unexcused absences within a school year.
Truancy is often symptomatic of other problems with the child or the child’s home. Truant students, or students who are cutting class, will be assigned In-School Suspension, late detentions and/or social probation. Chronic truancy will result in a referral to the courts.