For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
HABITUAL TRUANT
A pupil who is absent from school without an acceptable excuse
under §§ 118.15 and 118.16(4), Wis. Stats., for part
or all of five or more days in which school is held during a semester.
TRUANCY
Any absence of part or all of one or more days from school
during which the school attendance officer, principal or teacher,
has not been notified of a legal excuse of such absence by the parent
or the legal guardian of the absent pupil.
TRUANT
A pupil who is absent from school without an acceptable excuse
under §§ 118.15 and 118.16(4), Wis. Stats., as from
time to time may be amended, for all or part of any day on which school
is held during a semester.