Any child ofcompulsory attendance age, to whom theexceptionsdescribed in section299.1, subsection 4, paragraph “b”, or section 299.2 do not apply, who has been absent from school, for any reason, for at least twenty percent of the days or hours inthe grading period, shall be deemed to be a truant. A finding that a child is truant, however, shall not by itself mean that the child isa child in need of assistance within the meaning of chapter 232 and shall not be the sole basis for a child in need of assistance petition. [S13, §2823-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4417; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §299.8]
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