(A) Except as provided by law, being MCL 320.1561 et seq., every parent, guardian, or other person in this state having control and charge of a child from the age of six to the child's sixteenth birthday shall send that child to the public or state approved nonpublic schools, during the entire school year. The child's attendance shall be continuous and consecutive for the school year which shall be fixed by the school system in which the child is enrolled.
(B) No child who is required to attend a public or state approved nonpublic school pursuant to the provisions of this section and/or state law shall be present upon or about any public streets, public places, public places of amusement and/or entertainment, or any other places open to the general public within the city during the hours and/or times when said child is required to be in attendance at a public or state approved nonpublic school.
(C) Except as provided by law, it shall be unlawful for any parent, guardian, or other person in this state having control and charge of a child under the provisions of this section to assist, encourage, or otherwise aid said child in not attending or returning to school pursuant to the provisions of this section and/or state law.
(D) Any child who violates the provisions of this section shall be identified along with the parent, guardian, or other person in this state having control and charge of said child, and the public or state approved nonpublic schools which said child attends or is supposed to attend shall be notified of the child's failure to adhere to the provisions of this section and/or state law.
(Ord. 758, passed 1-6-97) Penalty, see § 10.99