(a) If a minor is suspended or expelled from school, or otherwise required by law to be in attendance at school, that minor's parent or legal guardian shall, for the duration of the suspension, expulsion, truancy or failure to enroll:
(1) Personally supervise the minor or arrange for a responsible adult to supervise the minor at the times that the minor should have been required to be in attendance at school, had he or she not been suspended, expelled, truant or failed to enroll; and
(2) Prohibit the minor from being in any public place at the times that the minor would have been required to be in attendance at school, had he or she not been suspended, expelled, truant or failed to enroll, unless:
A. The minor is accompanied by his or her parent or legal guardian or a responsible adult selected by the parent or legal guardian to supervise the minor; or
B. The minor is employed pursuant to an age or schooling certificate, during actual working hours, or traveling directly to or from the job site.
(b) It shall be an affirmative defense that any parent or legal guardian who violates subsection (a) hereof has initiated the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court against the child prior to the time that said child violated subsection (a) hereof.
(c) A parent or legal guardian who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Any parent or legal guardian who has been previously convicted for a violation of this section is guilty of a fourth degree misdemeanor.
(Ord. 114-96. Passed 11-4-96.)