Education Code - EDC
TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000 - 65001]
( Title 2 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010. ) DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES [46000 - 65001]
( Division 4 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010. ) PART 27. PUPILS [48000 - 49703]
( Part 27 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010. ) CHAPTER 2. Compulsory Education Law [48200 - 48361]
( Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010. ) ARTICLE 5. Truants [48260 - 48273]
( Article 5 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010. ) 48264.
The attendance supervisor or his or her designee, a peace officer, a school administrator or his or her designee, or a probation officer may arrest or assume temporary custody, during school hours, of any minor subject to compulsory full-time education or to compulsory continuation education found away from his or her home and who is absent from school without valid excuse within the county, city, or city and county, or school district.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1023, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)