It shall be unlawful for a child to be a habitual truant.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
HABITUAL TRUANT
A habitual truant is 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.
TRUANCY
Truancy means any absence of part or all of one or more days
from school during which the school attendance officer, principal,
or teacher has not been notified of the legal cause of such absence
by the parent or guardian of the absent pupil and also means intermittent
attendance carried on for the purpose of defeating the intent of Wis.
Stats. § 118.15.
Any individual found to have violated this chapter shall be subject to one or more of the dispositions referenced in §
234-17 of this Code.