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629:. In recent years, efforts have been made to professionalize and structure the role of attendance officer. A 2016 study of the AO role found there had been a change in the focus of the AOs' work – from concentrating on students who do not regularly attend an educational framework to intervention at an earlier stage with students who are still in a formal educational framework, but are experiencing adjustment difficulties. The data over the period from 2006 to 2016 indicated a decline in the relative percentage of students not in formal education (
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861:, the first day of spring (March 21) is an unofficial occasion popular among children, who traditionally are truant on that day. In some American high schools, a "senior skip day" may be organized, often without the school's consent. The date for the skip day varies among different schools. In the
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