(A) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person within the corporate limits of the village, or enrolled in a school within the corporate limits of the village, and enrolled in grades 1 through 12 who is any of the following divisions (A)(1)(a) through (c), to absent himself or herself from attendance at school without parental or guardian school permission:
(a) Required by law to attend school;
(b) Subject to the compulsory attendance requirements of the State School Code as it may be amended from time to time; or
(c) Enrolled in a public, private or parochial school (hereinafter referred to as “student”).
(2) It shall be unlawful for any parent or legal guardian of any such child to allow a child to violate this subchapter.
(B) It shall further be unlawful for any student enrolled in public, private or parochial school to absent himself or herself from attendance at said school without parental/guardian permission. Any person who shall so absent himself or herself shall be guilty of the offense of truancy and students and/or those who have custody shall be subject to a fine as set forth hereafter. Emergency or unforeseen absences due to illness or other causes beyond the control of the person so absenting himself or herself from school without parental permission shall not constitute truancy if permission is submitted in writing to the proper school authorities within 24 hours after such absence.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person who has custody or control of a student to permit such child not to attend some pubic, private or parochial school in the district wherein the child resides during the entire time it is in the session during the regular school term, without reasonable and adequate excuse, such excuse including personal illness, serious family illness, death in family, serious home emergency, necessary and lawful family support, employment, valid religious justification or providing evidence of satisfactory participating in home schooling, or compelling family reason. Any person violating this section is guilty of the offense of truancy and shall be subject to a fine as set forth in § 132.99.
(D) It shall be an offense under this section for a parent or other individual to knowingly submit to the proper school authorities a written excuse under any of the provisions herein that contains false information, including falsification of a signature. A person convicted of an offense under this section shall be subject to a fine set forth in § 132.99.
(Ord. 2003-2, passed 1-20-2003) Penalty, see § 132.99