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The California Legislature defined a truant in very precise language. In summary, it states that a student missing more than 30 minutes of instruction without an excuse three times during the school year must be classified as a truant and reported to the proper school authority.

Kindergarten is not mandatory in Wisconsin! However, compulsory attendance in Wisconsin begins the year the child turns 6 on or before September 1st, so your child must be enrolled in school: public, private, tribal, or homeschool. If you are homeschooling, you must include this child on a PI-1206 Homeschool Report.

A student is considered truant if he/she is absent without an acceptable excuse for all or part of one or more days during which school is held. A student qualifies to be habitually truant when he/she is absent without an acceptable excuse all or part of five or more days in a school semester, Wis. Stat. sec.

180 school days per year and establishes the existing minimum instructional hours requirements, which vary by grade level, as the exclusive time-based standard that school districts must meet.

But there can be criminal consequences, too. The parents of a habitually truant child could be hauled into court – and depending on the student's age and the circumstances related to his or her absences, the court can levy fines of up to $500 and send the parents to jail for up to 30 days.

The law defines a child who is “truant” as having three or more school days of unexcused absence during the current school year. A student becomes “habitually truant” when she has had six or more school days of unexcused absences during the current school year. WHAT DO PENNSYLVANIA TRUANCY LAWS SAY?

Wisconsin Act 239: Truancy This means any absence of part or all of one or more school days during which the attendance office has not been notified of the acceptable reason for absence is considered by State Law as truancy.