For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PARENTAL PERMISSION.
Includes permission from a person in loco parentis and shall be given for reasons only of personal illness, serious family illness, death in the family, serious home emergencies, necessary and lawful family support, employment, valid religious justification, school districts providing appropriate evidence of home schooling and/or compelling family reasons.
TRUANT.
A child subject to compulsory school attendance and who is absent without parental/guardian permission from such attendance for a school day or a portion thereof.
(Ord. 2003-2, passed 1-20-2003)