§ 13-27-11 — Failure to send child to school as misdemeanor.

Any person having control of a child of compulsory school age who fails to have the child attend school, as required by the provisions of this title, or provide alternative instruction pursuant to § 13-27-3 , is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor for the first offense. For each subsequent offense, a violator of this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Legislative History

SDC 1939, § 15.9915; SL 1955, ch 41, ch 17, § 14; SDC Supp 1960, § 15.9914; SL 1982, ch 86, § 139; SL 1982, ch 142, § 2; SL 2021, ch 76, § 9.