<span>The role of a truant officer was to
curb deliberate, unauthorized and illegal absence of students from school because
attendance of school was mandatory. The officers generally enforced truancy regulations
which entailed school attendance until a certain age, depending on the state.</span>
Truant officers were hired to eliminate unauthorized and rampant absence of students from school because attendance of school was mandatory. The officers main role was to enforce truancy regulations which articulated school attendance until a particular age. the age varied from states to states.
