The Office of the State Superintendent of Education, after consultation with the District of Columbia Public Schools, the Public Charter School Board, the Child and Family Services agency, and the Metropolitan Police Department, shall establish truancy centers in the District of Columbia for the delivery of truant public school and public charter school students by the Metropolitan Police Department. A law enforcement officer shall take to the nearest truancy center any child who the law enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe, based on the child’s age and other factors, is truant from a public or public charter school on a day and during the hours when the public or public charter school is in session. The law enforcement officer shall take into custody any child who the law enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe is a truant from any independent, private, or parochial school on a day and during the hours when the independent, private, or parochial school is in session. On the request of a person who has reached the age of 18 years, graduated from high school, or received a general equivalency diploma, and who has previously been taken into custody pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Metropolitan Police Department shall seal all records relating to custody authorized by subsection (a) of this section. Within 2 business days of a minor student’s 10th unexcused absence during a school year, the educational institution shall send the minor’s parent: Information from the Chief of Police about the compulsory attendance requirements and criminal penalties for violations of this chapter; and A letter notifying the parent that he or she may be in violation of the school attendance requirements under this chapter and may be subject to prosecution.
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