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truancy due to health conditions: assessment  

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  • Truancy is defined as the failure to attend school without a permissible excuse. Truancy due to health conditions is defined here as failure to attend school when the excuse offered by the parent is attributed to a health condition that schools are, in fact, capable of managing on the school site. [Source: Encyclopedia of School Health; Truancy Due to Health Conditions: Assessment]

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