truant officer
noun
: a person employed by a public-school system to investigate the continued absences of pupils
called also attendance officer, truancy officer
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Cities often employed truant officers, who roamed the streets searching for children to corral, and repeat offenders risked being brought to juvenile court.
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Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
The law was enforced by agents of the school committee — truant officers — with fines of up to $5 per week.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2024
The law was enforced by agents of the school committee—truant officers—with fines of up to five dollars per week.
—Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
There is fleet white, the easily repairable, appliancelike white of chicken inspectors and truant officers.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2020
Bonnie’s father, Stan Colwell, had been a tough truant officer before being promoted to principal at a second-chance high school.
—Tribune News Service, oregonlive.com, 22 June 2019
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Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
The law was enforced by agents of the school committee — truant officers — with fines of up to $5 per week.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2024
The law was enforced by agents of the school committee—truant officers—with fines of up to five dollars per week.
—Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
There is fleet white, the easily repairable, appliancelike white of chicken inspectors and truant officers.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2020
Bonnie’s father, Stan Colwell, had been a tough truant officer before being promoted to principal at a second-chance high school.
—Tribune News Service, oregonlive.com, 22 June 2019
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