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Chapter 4.24, Page 51 4.24 PROHIBITING CHILDREN FROM BEING HABITUAL TRUANTS THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. AUTHORITY Pursuant to the authority of Wisconsin Statutes Section 118.163(2), Douglas County does hereby establish this ordinance prohibiting children from being habitual truants. SECTION II. HABITUAL TRUANT DEFINED For purposes of this ordinance an "habitual truant" means a pupil who is absent from school without an acceptable excuse under the school district written attendance policy, for part or all of five or more days on which school is held during a school semester. SECTION III. HABITUAL TRUANCY PROHIBITED It shall be illegal for any child to be a habitual truant. SECTION IV. DISPOSITIONS Any child found by the court to be a habitual truant may be sentenced to one or more of the following dispositions: A. Suspension of the person=s operating privilege for not less than 30 days nor more than one year. B. An order for the person to participate in counseling or a supervised work program or other community service work as described in Wisconsin Statutes Section 938.34(5g). C. An order for the person to remain at home except during hours in which the person 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 child to leave his or her home if the child is accompanied by a parent or guardian. D. An order for the child to attend an educational program as described in Wisconsin Statute Section 938.34(7d). ---PAGE BREAK--- Chapter 4.24, Page 52 E. An order for the Department of Workforce Development to revoke, under Wisconsin Statute Section 103.72, a permit under Wisconsin Statute Section 103.70 authorizing the employment of the person. F. An order for the person to be placed in a teen court program as described in Wisconsin Statute Section 938.342(1g)(f). G. An order for the person to attend school. H. A forfeiture of no more than $500 plus costs, subject to Wisconsin Statute Section 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. Any other reasonable conditions consistent with this ordinance, including a curfew, restrictions as to going to or remaining on specified premises and restrictions on associating with other children or adults. J. An order placing the person under formal or informal supervision, as described in Wisconsin Statute Section 938.34(2), for up to one year. K. An order for 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. L. An order for the person to report to a youth report center after school, in the evening, on weekends, on other non-school days, or at any other time that the person is not under immediate adult supervision, for participation in the social, behavioral, academic, community service, and other programming of the center as described in Wisconsin Statute Section 938.342(1g)(k). SECTION V. SEVERABILITY If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by reason of any decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of any other section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase or portion thereof. SECTION VI. PREVIOUS INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. ---PAGE BREAK--- Chapter 4.24, Page 53 SECTION VII. EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication, as provided by law. Dated this 12th day of April, 1990. Amendments: January 19, 2006