{"data":{"id":"us-gu/17-gca-6402","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"17 GCA § 6402","heading":"Habitual Truant.","body":"A pupil is a habitual truant if the pupil has incurred twelve (12) or more unexcused absences in a school year, and is of compulsory attendance age. If any pupil is a habitual truant, the principal of the pupil’s school shall request the Superintendent to file a petition concerning such habitual truant in the Family Court or the Superior Court of Guam.","path":["Title 17: Education","Division 2 - Department of Education","Chapter 6: Pupils","ARTICLE 4: PUPIL TRUANCY, SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/17gc006.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T03:43:48Z","sha256":"3d2dd5f5b37773b6edc7e0164bc85379c957ba08d67d37e6c327a4fbb38eaf45","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/17-gca-6401","next":"us-gu/17-gca-6403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}