Louisiana Children’s Code 733.1 – Stop of child absent from school; transportation to school facility
Terms Used In Louisiana Children's Code 733.1
- Child: means a person under eighteen years of age who, prior to proceedings under this Title, has not been judicially emancipated or emancipated by marriage. See Louisiana Children's Code 728
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Truant: means the repeated or habitual unauthorized absence or tardiness of a child from school pursuant to the provisions of Louisiana Children's Code 728
A. In addition to the authority provided in Article 736, a peace officer, probation officer, or school attendance officer may briefly detain any child from the age of seven through sixteen whom the officer reasonably believes to be absent from school during normal school hours and the officer may question the child about his reasons for being absent.
B. If based on this inquiry the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the child is absent from school without justification, the officer may release the child to his parents or transport the child to the appropriate administrator of the child’s assigned school or to a receiving center designated by the parish school board for acceptance of such children.
C. Upon the child’s transportation to either school or receiving center, the administrator shall promptly notify the child’s parents.
D. If the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the child is truant or that the family is otherwise in need of services, the officer or administrator may file a complaint pursuant to Article 731.
Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 114, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1095, §3.