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TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 33000-64100›DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES 46000-64100›PART 27. PUPILS 48000-49704›CHAPTER 2. Compulsory Education Law 48200-48361›ARTICLE 5. Truants 48260-48273

§ 48264

California Education Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

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 or assume temporary custody, during school hours, of any minor subject to compulsory full-time education or to compulsory continuation education found away from his or her home and who is absent from school without valid excuse within the county, city, or city and county, or school district.

(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1023, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)

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