(A) No minor between the ages of six and 16, inclusive, other than a minor that has been suspended or expelled from school, shall be at any place within the city except in attendance at school during normal school hours, during any school day, unless the minor has written proof from school authorities excusing him or her from attending school at that particular time, or unless the minor is accompanied by a parent, or a responsible adult selected by the parent to supervise the minor.
(B) Each parent of a minor between the ages of six and 16, inclusive, shall have a duty to prohibit the minor from behaving contrary to division (A) of this section.
(C) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the minor, at the time he or she was found at a place other than in school, was not required by law to be in attendance at school.
('74 Code, § 132.39) (Ord. 95-1146, passed 5-16-95)