In civilian telecommunications, outside plant refers to all of the physical cabling and supporting infrastructure (such as conduit, cabinets, tower or poles), and any associated hardware (such as repeaters) located between a demarcation point in a switching facility and a demarcation point in another switching center or customer premises.
Absentia is Latin for absence. In absentia, a legal term, is Latin for in the absence or while absent. (In) absentia may also refer to: Award in absentia. Declared death in absentia. Election in absentia.
As part of the bills, truancy would be defined as missing 10 unexcused days in a school year, while chronic absenteeism would be defined as missing 10% of the number of days scheduled for the school year, excused or unexcused. School districts would have to report data on both.