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{{Short description|Unauthorized refusal to attend school}} {{About||the Isamu Fukui novel|Truancy (novel)|the album|Truancy: The Very Best of Pete Townshend}} {{Redirect-multi|2|Truant|Hookey}} '''Truancy''' is any intentional, unjustified, unauthorized, or illegal absence from [[compulsory education]]. It is a deliberate absence by a student's own free will and usually does not refer to legitimate excused absences, such as ones related to medical conditions. Truancy is usually explicitly defined in the school's handbook of policies and procedures. Attending school but not going to class is called ''internal truancy''. Some children whose parents claim to [[homeschooling|homeschool]] have also been found truant in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|title=Home-school mom charged with allowing truancy|work=The Southern|date=25 April 2005}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Truancy & False Homeschooling |url=https://responsiblehomeschooling.org/advocacy/policy/homeschool-law-truancy/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Coalition for Responsible Home Education |language=en-US}}</ref> In many countries, truancy is criminalized by law as either a [[Crime|criminal]] or a [[Municipal offense|civil offense]], and authorities can prosecute truant students ([[Minor (law)|under the age of 18]]), their parents, or both. Some countries, like [[Canada]] or [[Australia]], reserve fines for truant minors and allow for their detainment (but not arrest) while skipping school. In [[Russia]], [[Germany]] and some parts of the [[United States|U.S.]] police officers even have the power to handcuff and arrest truant minors on the streets during the school hours. Strict measures against truancy are usually motivated by compulsory education gaps among children and underage crime surge in big cities.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-04-23 |title=Police use truancy sweep in battle against San Pedro burglaries |url=https://www.lapd.com/article/police-use-truancy-sweep-battle-against-san-pedro-burglaries |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=LAPPL β Los Angeles Police Protective League |language=en}}</ref> Truancy is a frequent subject of popular culture. ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]'' is about the title character's (played by [[Matthew Broderick]]) day of truancy in [[Chicago]] with his girlfriend and best friend. ''[[Truancy (novel)|Truancy]]'' is also the title of a 2008 novel about a student uprising against a dictatorial educational system. The term truant can also be used to describe a child that avoids duty, or is unruly, although this use is uncommon.<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of TRUANT |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truant }}</ref>
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