1.34.020 Definitions

For the purpose of this code, the following terms shall have the meaning scribed below:

(a) "Adult" means any person 18 years of age or older who is not enrolled in the Ashland School System.

(b) "Child" means any person who is less than 18 years of age, or any person who is less than 19 years of age if attending the Bad River Tribal School, the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal School or Ashland School District.

(c) "Member" means a person enrolled in the Bad River Tribe.

(d) "Reservation" means the area within the external boundaries of the Bad River Reservation.

(e) "School" means the Bad River Tribal School, the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal School or a school in the Ashland Public School District.

(f) "School Attendance" means physical presence of a child in school and includes attending scheduled classes during such hours and on such days as determined by the school or, for students enrolled in Alternative Education Programs, attendance at the place and during hours scheduled by the school for the student, unless excused from such attendance by school policy or state law.

(g) "School Attendance Officer" means an employee designated by a school board under the Bad River Tribal Constitution, Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Constitution or Wis. Stat. Sec. 118.16 to deal with matters relating to school attendance and truancy.

(h) "School Attendance Policy" means the current policy for school attendance duly adopted by the appropriate school board.

(i) "Tribal Child" means a child who is either (a) an enrolled member of the Tribe; or (b) eligible for enrollment in the Tribe.

(j) "Tribal Court" means the Bad River Tribal Court.

(k) "Truancy" means any absence of part or all one or more days from school during which the school attendance officer, or his agent, has not been notified of the legal cause of such absence by the person having the absent pupil under his or her control during non-school hours. "Truancy" also means intermittent attendance carried on for the purpose of defeating the intent of the tribe's and state's attendance laws (Bad River Truancy Code section 135.3 and Wis. Stat. Sec. 118.5).

(l) "Habitual Truancy" means truant for five (5) days within ten (10) school days or ten (10) truancies within any ninety (90) day school day period within a school year.

(m) "Student" means one who attends school in the Bad River Tribal School, Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal School or Ashland School District.

(n) "Tribe" means the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.