A. Goals: Twin Falls County areas recognize the importance of school attendance. Children must be taught in order to live in an ordered society.
B. Prohibited Acts: Any person between the ages of seven (7) years and sixteen (16) years, living in the cities/county of Twin Falls, who is deemed truant from school or class, under the attendance regulations of the school, without the consent of the student's parent/guardian or school officials, is guilty of a status offense.
C. Responsibility For Instruction: The parent or guardian of any child resident in this state who has attained the age of seven (7) years at the time of the commencement of school in his/her district, but not the age of sixteen (16) years, shall cause the child to be instructed in subjects commonly and usually taught in the public schools for the state. Unless the child is otherwise comparably instructed, the parent or guardian shall cause the child to attend a public, private, or parochial school during a period in each year equal to that in which the public schools are in session; thereto conform to the attendance policies and regulations established by the board of trustees, or other governing body, operating the school attended, or the attendance requirements of the parents in home schools.
D. Exceptions: Any exceptions to the requirement as codified by any school district or as contained in Idaho Code, title 33, chapter 2 are hereby recognized and given full force and effect. (Ord. 483 § 1, 1998)