Editing Truancy (section)

=== Denmark ===
In [[Denmark]], some welfare benefits{{Clarify|date=March 2012}} may be confiscated for a period if the child does not attend school. However, not all cities use this approach to keep the children in school.<ref>[http://www.dr.dk/Regioner/Kbh/Nyheder/Hovedstadsomraadet/2007/10/25/072056.htm Det virker at inddrage børnechecken] (It works confiscating the child benefit check), by Anette Sørensen, Denmark's Radio, October 25, 2008</ref> Most cities{{Clarify|date=March 2012}} watch for families who have not returned their children to school after the summer vacation because some groups [[exile]]d their children to their ethnic home countries for [[behavior modification]]. In the city of [[Aarhus]], 155 children had not attended one week after school started.<ref>[http://www.aarhus.dk/default.asp?Id=359&LcId=da&AjrDcmntId=3046&AjrThmId=0&AjrThmPg=0 155 elever er ikke mødt op] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107064059/http://www.aarhus.dk/default.asp?Id=359&LcId=da&AjrDcmntId=3046&AjrThmId=0&AjrThmPg=0 |date=2009-01-07 }} (155 children have not started), by Majken Klintø, aarhus.dk, August 26, 2008</ref> In April 2009, research among 4,000 students showed that more than one in three had been absent during the past 14 days.<ref>[http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2009/04/30/043947.htm "Børn pjækker mere fra skole"], DR News, April 30, 2009</ref>