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2015 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XV - EDUCATION
Chapter 189 - SCHOOL BOARDS, SUPERINTENDENTS, TEACHERS, AND TRUANT OFFICERS; SCHOOL CENSUS
Section 189:35-a - Truancy Defined.
NH Rev Stat § 189:35-a (2015) What's This?
189:35-a Truancy Defined. –
I. For the purposes of this subdivision, "truancy'' means an unexcused absence from school or class and "unexcused absence'' is an absence which has not been excused in accordance with RSA 189:34, II(a).
II. Ten half days of unexcused absence during a school year shall constitute habitual truancy.
III. A school district shall define the term "half day of absence.''
IV. Nothing in this section shall affect or limit a school district's power to adopt bylaws concerning truancy pursuant to RSA 193:16.
V. Nothing in this section shall affect or limit the duties of a parent pursuant to RSA 193:1.
VI. School district attendance records shall be presumed to be true and accurate unless evidence to the contrary is presented.
Source. 2005, 7:1, eff. July 1, 2005. 2010, 9:2, eff. July 6, 2010.
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