As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE
The period of a child's life from the time the child's parents
elect to have the child enter school, which shall not be later than
at the age of eight years, until the age of 17 years. The term shall
not include any child who holds a certificate of graduation from a
regularly accredited senior high school.
ESTABLISHMENT
Any privately owned place of business carried on for profit
or any place of amusement or entertainment to which the public is
invited.
GUARDIAN
Any person other than a parent who has legal guardianship
of a student or is a person in a parental relation, having control
or charge of any student.
PARENT
The natural or adoptive parents of a student.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any public street, highway, road, park, playground, public
building, vacant lot or parking area open to the general public, including
the interior of any motor vehicle being operated upon or parked upon
or standing in or upon any such areas.
SCHOOL
Any institution, public or private, authorized and/or certified
by the School Code.
SCHOOL CODE
The Public School Code of 1949, as amended.
SCHOOL DAY
The time period of any day that students are required to
attend school.
SCHOOL TERM
The period of time elapsing between the opening of schools
in the fall of one year and the closing of schools in the spring of
the following year.
STUDENT
Any person of compulsory school age.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Upper Southampton, County of Bucks, Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCE
Any absence from school by a student which is not excused
or permitted by school authorities.