California Education Code ARTICLE 5 - Truants

• Section 48260.
  (a) A pupil subject to compulsory full-time education or to compulsory continuation education who is absent from school without a valid excuse three full days in...
• Section 48260.5.
  Upon a pupil’s initial classification as a truant, the school district shall notify the pupil’s parent or guardian using the most cost-effective method possible, which...
• Section 48260.6.
  (a) In any county which has not established a county school attendance review board pursuant to Section 48321, the school district may notify the district attorney...
• Section 48261.
  Any pupil who has once been reported as a truant and who is again absent from school without valid excuse one or more days, or...
• Section 48262.
  Any pupil is deemed an habitual truant who has been reported as a truant three or more times per school year, provided that no pupil...
• Section 48263.
  If any minor pupil in any district of a county is an habitual truant, or is irregular in attendance at school, as defined in this...
• Section 48263.5.
  (a) In any county which has established a county school attendance review board pursuant to Section 48321, the school attendance review board may notify the district...
• Section 48263.6.
  Any pupil subject to compulsory full-time education or to compulsory continuation education who is absent from school without a valid excuse for 10 percent or...
• Section 48264.
  The attendance supervisor or his or her designee, a peace officer, a school administrator or his or her designee, or a probation officer may arrest...
• Section 48264.5.
  A minor who is classified as a truant pursuant to Section 48260 or 48261 may be required to attend makeup classes conducted on one day...
• Section 48265.
  Any person arresting or assuming temporary custody of a minor pursuant to Section 48264 shall forthwith deliver the minor either to the parent, guardian, or...
• Section 48266.
  Any person taking action pursuant to Sections 48264 and 48265 shall report the matter, and the disposition made by him of the minor to the...
• Section 48267.
  Any pupil who has once been adjudged an habitual truant or habitually insubordinate or disorderly during attendance at school by the juvenile court of the...
• Section 48268.
  The court, in addition to any judgment it may make regarding the pupil, may render judgment that the parent, guardian, or person having the control...
• Section 48269.
  If the parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of the child, within three days after the rendition of the judgment executes a...
• Section 48273.
  The governing board of each school district shall adopt rules and regulations to require the appropriate officers and employees of the district to gather and...

Last modified: October 22, 2018