Section 13-27-11 - Failure to send child to school as misdemeanor

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. Source: 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.