14.390 Habitual Truancy.

(1) Prohibition of Habitual Truancy. A child is prohibited from being an habitual truant.

(2) Definitions. For the purpose of this section:

Acceptable excuse shall mean an acceptable excuse as defined in Wis. Stat. §§ 118.15 and 118.16(4).

Habitual truant shall mean a pupil who is absent from school without an acceptable excuse for part or all of five or more days on which school is held during a school semester, subject to Wis. Stat. § 938.17(2)(a).

(3) Penalty. Upon finding that a child is an habitual truant, the Court shall enter an order making one or more of the following dispositions:

(a) Suspend the child’s operating privilege, as defined in Wis. Stat. § 340.01(40), for not less than 30 days nor more than one year. The Court shall immediately take possession of any suspended license and forward it to the Department of Transportation together with a notice stating the reason for and the duration of the suspension.

(b) Order the person to participate in counseling or a supervised work program or other community service work as described in Wis. Stat. § 938.34(5g). The costs of any such counseling, supervised work program or other community service work may be assessed against the person, the parents or guardian of the person, or both.

(c) Order the child to remain at home except during hours in which the child is attending religious worship or a school program, including travel time required to get to and from the school program or place of worship. The order may permit a person to leave his or her home if the person is accompanied by a parent or guardian.

(d) Order the person to attend an educational program as described in Wis. Stat. § 938.34(7d).

(e) Order the Department of Workforce Development to revoke, under Wis. Stat. § 103.72, a permit under Wis. Stat. § 103.70 authorizing the employment of the person.

(f) Order the person to be placed in a teen court program as described in Wis. Stat. § 938.342(1g)(f).

(g) Order the person to attend school.

(h) Order a forfeiture of not more than $500.00 plus costs, subject to Wis. Stat. § 938.37. All or part of the forfeiture plus costs may be assessed against the person, the parents or guardian of the person, or both.

(i) Order reasonable conditions consistent with Wis. Stat. § 118.163(2), including a curfew, restrictions as to going to or remaining on specified premises and restrictions on associating with other children or adults.

(j) Place the person under formal or informal supervision, as described in Wis. Stat. § 938.34(2), for up to one year.

(k) Order the person’s parent, guardian or legal custodian to participate in counseling at the parent’s, guardian’s or legal custodian’s own expense or to attend school with the person, or both.

[Ord. 14-1008 § 1, 2014. Prior code § 14.255]