2018 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.
(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.
(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.