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Sep 18, 2019 · Services and Consequences for Truants in Ohio. Beginning in 2017, Ohio decriminalized its treatment of truants by focusing on providing services and intervention strategies for kids who skip school. When students have enough unexcused absences to be considered habitual truants, the school will assign them to an absence intervention team.
Dec 19, 2016 · - Students are declared "habitual truants" if they miss the equivalent of 5 or more school days in a row, seven days in a month or 12 days in a year. Because Ohio now counts schools hours, not ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Legislation approved by Ohio lawmakers would decriminalize truancy and force schools to try and get truant students back to class before taking the issue to juvenile court. Students would be declared “habitual truants” if they miss at least five consecutive school days, seven days in a month or 12 days in a year, The ...
Dec 20, 2016 · Legislation approved by Ohio lawmakers would decriminalize truancy and force schools to try and get truant students back to class before taking the issue to juvenile court.
That is why OEA welcomes the introduction of House Bill 410 (HB 410) and its focus on student truancy in Ohio’s schools. It offers positive alternatives to the legal system in the effort to reduce truancy. Discipline polices that provide fairness and appropriateness are crucial. The 2008 report, Are Zero Tolerance Policies Effective in the ...
Oct 18, 2016 · Ohio law defines truancy as an absence from school without excuse. The truancy laws apply to students between ages six and 18 and identifies two types of truancy: 1) habitual truancy, and 2) chronic truancy. The difference between a habitual and a chronic truant is the number of days the student has been absent without permission.
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TRUANCY DEFINED [R.C. 2151.011(B)(18)] 72 or more hours in a school year. No school district or school may suspend, expel, or remove a student from school solely on the basis of the student’s absences from school. The student has refused to participate in or failed to make satisfactory progress on the plan.
