§ 9.04.182. Habitual truants.

Any person under the age of eighteen (18) who is a habitual truant shall be subject to the following penalties:

A.

Suspension of the person's operating privilege for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one year. The court shall immediately take possession of any suspended license and forward it to the department of transportation together with a notice stating the reason for and the duration of the suspension;

B.

An order for the person to participate in counseling or a supervised work program or other community service work as described in Section 938.34(5g) Wis. Stats. The costs of any such counseling, supervised work program or other community service work may be assessed against the person, the parents or guardian of the person, or both. Any county department of human services or social services community agency, public agency or nonprofit charitable organization administering a supervised work program or other community service work to which a person is assigned pursuant to an order under this paragraph acting in good faith has immunity from any civil liability in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) for any act or omission by or impacting on that person;

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 person to leave his or her home if the person is accompanied by a parent or guardian;

D.

An order for the person to attend an educational program as described in Section 938.34 (7d) Wis. Stats.;

E.

An order for the department of workforce development to revoke, under Section 103.72 Wis. Stats., a permit under Section 103.70 Wis. Stats. authorizing the employment of the person;

F.

An order for the person to be placed in a teen court program as described in Section 938.342(1g)(f) Wis. Stats.;

G.

An order for the person to attend school;

H.

A forfeiture of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) plus costs, subject to Section 938.37 Wis. Stats. 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 subsection, 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 Section 938.34(2) Wis. Stats. 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.

(Ord. 8-1998 (part))