attendance officer

attendance officer
A school officer, appointed by the school board, to ascertain the reason for absences of pupils, to visit the homes of the absentees, to take reasonable steps to require attendance, and in some jurisdictions, in a proper case, to take an absentee into custody for the purpose of taking him or her to school.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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