CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Delinquency Matters
......Juvenile Search and Seizure
.........Reasonable Cause for Detention
............Truancy
4 Cards On This Topic:

Truant minor may be detained during school hours.

Detention by authorities to investigate whether person a truant is constitutionally permissible.

Where incident to lawful "arrest" for truancy, search of M's backpack permissible and dagger found therein was improperly suppressed.

Absence from school without excuse gives officer probable cause to detain minor under Ed. Code §48265.