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Part 2
School Time Curfew
School Time Curfew
[Adopted 9-8-2008 by Ord. No. 57-2008 (Ch. 6, Part 7, of the 2001 Code of Ordinances)]
The City of Reading and community have legitimate concerns regarding the refusal or failure of juveniles to attend school as required by the Compulsory Attendance Statute of the Commonwealth, with evidence that juveniles who refuse to attend school are more likely to not complete elementary or secondary education and are more likely to engage in misconduct injurious to themselves or other persons or property.
The City of Reading has an obligation to provide for the protection of juveniles from each other and from other persons, for the enforcement of parental responsibility for acts of their children, for the protection of the general public, and for the reduction of the incidents of juvenile criminal activity. The City also desires to promote the safety and good order of the community by encouraging parental responsibility and helping to eradicate or minimize the occurrences of rowdiness, vandalism, harassment, graffiti, theft, drug dealing, drug use, and other behaviors of juveniles as well as the harm done by juveniles to the community.
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ESTABLISHMENT — Any privately owned place of business operated for a profit to which the public is invited including, but not limited to, any place of amusement or entertainment.
GRADE SCHOOL — Any elementary or secondary institution.
GUARDIAN — A person who, under court order, is the guardian of a juvenile, or a public or private agency with which a juvenile has been placed by a court of competent jurisdiction.
HOMESCHOOL — Applies to children legally authorized to participate in a Home Education Program conducted in compliance with § 1327.1 of the Public School Code.
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JUVENILE — Any unmarried person over seven years of age and under 17 years of age or a person over 17 years of age and less than 18 years of age who is enrolled in or subject to compulsory education.
LOITERING — Remaining idle in essentially one location or lingering or standing around without purpose either alone or in consort with others. [Amended 3-23-2009 by Ord. No. 11-2009]
OPERATOR — Any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or other entity, operating, managing or conducting any establishment. The term "operator" includes the members, owner or partners of an association, partnership or other similar entity and the officers of a corporation.
PARENT — A person who is the birth parent, stepparent or adoptive parent of a juvenile. As used herein, "parent" shall also include a court-appointed guardian or other person, 18 years of age or older, authorized by the parent, a court order, or by the court-appointed guardian to have the care and custody of the juvenile.
PUBLIC PLACE — Any location to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to streets, sidewalks, the common areas of schools, parks, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, shopping centers, malls and other such common areas.
REMAIN — To fail to immediately leave specific premises when requested to do so by a police officer or the owner, operator or other person in control of the premises.
SCHOOL — Any public, private, denominational, charter or parochial education institution that is licensed, or exempt from licensing, by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any other state or government, including any alternative program of study, including a home school, or work- study offered by such an institution and any degree granting institution of higher education as prescribed in the regulations of the Board of Education.
1. Editor's Note: See 24 P.S. § 13-1327.1.
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