(A) It shall be unlawful for any county student to be absent from attendance, without valid cause for absence, for all or any part of a school day in the County School District in which the county student is enrolled. It is the responsibility of the parent/guardian who has custody or control of any child between the ages of seven and 18 to cause that child to:
(1) Enroll in one of the County School Districts (thereby becoming a county student); and
(2) Attend some public school in the district wherein that child/county student resides the entire time it is in during the regular school term, and/or any summer or other special term in which the county student may be enrolled.
(B) (1) Both a county student, and that student’s parent/guardian, may be charged and convicted with the violation of this chapter when the student shall be found to be in violation of this chapter.
(2) However, the payment of all applicable fines imposed against the county student or the parent/guardian for a given violation by either the parent/guardian or the county student shall operate to relieve the non-paying party from any obligation to pay fines arising from the same violation.
(C) No conviction shall be entered or fine imposed upon any student or parent/guardian for the violation of this chapter where such student is:
(1) Attending a parochial or private school for the entire time it is in session during its regular school term; or
(2) Attending or otherwise participating in an alternative education or home schooling program for the entire time such program shall be in session or operation.
(Ord. passed 1-14-2011) Penalty, see § 131.99