Truancy is intentional, unjustified, unauthorized, or illegal absence from compulsory education. Its absence is caused by students of their own free will and does not apply to excused absences. In England and Wales truancy is a criminal offence. Parents of students who are persistently truant may be imprisoned for up to 3 months.
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Response rates from 643 Non-Civil Parish or Community voters.
42% Yes |
58% No |
42% Yes |
58% No |
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Unique answers from Non-Civil Parish or Community voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@92VQH2Q3yrs3Y
Yes, however if there is a legitimate reason; ie Physical/Mental illnesses, then no action should be taken by the government.
@9M63D328mos8MO
Yes, because there are many reasons that students cannot attend school and we should be helping them rather than punishing them.
@9L2X73L9mos9MO
There are various reasons as to why children truant from school; whether it is bullying, health issues, struggling with schoolwork, more help and resources should be provided to look into why children truant.
@B263MQ36 days6D
No they should help the people that truant so they don't cause they truant cause they don't want to be there so make it better and more rewarding to go
@9ZWZQ8X3wks3W
No with exceptions for certain cases where there is a valid reason and the child doesn't want to say it.
@9ZK4Q5Z1mo1MO
the government currently sees absences due to mental health as truancy, this should be changed as mental health is a very serious matter, but if there is truly no reason for truancy then it should remain criminalised
@9TWJR853mos3MO
No, but there should be better support systems in place to aid mentally ill people and inform students of the value of education (devillainising it)
@9T5WJ6X4mos4MO
No, but provide help and care for the students that are avoiding education. It is often due to mental health reasons that have been left entirely ignored.
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