[Adopted 8-15-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-06 as § 11.12
of the 2005 Code; amended 1-21-2008 by Ord. No. 2007-08]
[Amended 11-17-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-05]
Any person found violating any of the provisions of §
278-1 of this article may be issued a citation by any law enforcement officer of the City of Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin.
This article may be enforced in the City of Lancaster, Grant
County, Wisconsin.
The City Attorney's office is authorized to handle any citation
action filed for violation of this article.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
DROP OUT
Ceasing to attend school, does not attend a public or private
school, technical college or home-based private educational program
on a full-time basis, has not graduated from high school and does
not have an acceptable excuse under § 118.15(1)(b) to (d)
or (3), Wis. Stats.
HABITUALLY TRUANT
Absent from school without an acceptable excuse under §§ 118.16(4)
and 118.15, Wis. Stats., for part or all of five or more days on which
school is held during a school semester.
TRUANT
Absent from school without an acceptable excuse under § 118.15
and 118.16(4), Wis. Stats., for part or all of any day on which school
is held during a school semester.
In the event that the State of Wisconsin makes any subsequent
changes in the truancy statutes regarding the definitions and prohibitions
applicable to the truancy law after passage of this article, said
changes in the Wisconsin Statutes applicable to the truancy law regarding
the definitions and prohibitions applicable to the truancy law are
hereby automatically incorporated into this article without further
action by the Council for the City of Lancaster.
[Adopted 8-15-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-06 as § 9.18
of the 2005 Code]
If a child is a chronic runaway as defined in §
278-9 below, the child may be required to forfeit not less than $5 nor more $50 for each incident.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
CHRONIC RUNAWAY
A child under the age of 17 who absconds from parental or
custodial supervision after having been previously warned on a prior
incident for being a runaway.