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2017 Maryland Code
Education
Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education
Title 7 - Public Schools
Subtitle 3 - Attendance and Discipline of Students
§ 7-302.2. Truant students.
Universal Citation: MD Educ Code § 7-302.2 (2017)
- (a) "Truant student" defined. -- In this section, "truant student" means a student:
- (1) Who is unlawfully absent from school for more than:
- (i) 8 days in any quarter;
- (ii) 15 days in any semester; or
- (iii) 20 days in a school year; and
- (2) Whose absences for purposes of item (1) of this subsection are unlawful absences as defined by regulation.
- (1) Who is unlawfully absent from school for more than:
- (b) System of active intervention to be established. -- Each county board shall develop a system of active intervention for truant students.
- (c) Referrals; intervention. --
- (1) Each truant student attending kindergarten through 12th grade shall immediately be referred to the county board's system of active intervention developed under this section.
- (2) This section does not prohibit a county board from intervening in the case of a student who is frequently absent from school for both lawful and unlawful purposes, but is not a truant student.
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