Missouri § 167.091 - Truant or parental schools, establishment — attendance may be compelled — neglected children, attendance — support payments.
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§ 167.091. Truant or parental schools, establishment — attendance may be compelled — neglected children, attendance — support payments.
1. The school board of any district which has ten thousand inhabitants or more, may establish and maintain from the public school funds one or more special truant or parental day schools in the city or district for children who are either habitual truants from any school in which they are enrolled as pupils, or who, while in attendance at any school are incorrigible, vicious or immoral, or who habitually wander or loiter about the streets or roads or other public places without lawful employment, or who, in the opinion of the board or of its superintendent of instruction, require special attention and instruction. The school board, through its officers, may assign, require and compel all such children to attend the special truant or parental school or any department of the graded schools that the board directs.
2. The board may also establish and maintain from the public school funds, either within or without its district, a parental school for the care and education of any child resident of the school district and committed to it by a juvenile court under the provisions of section 211.181. For every child committed to the school there shall be paid to the board of education out of the treasury of the city or county the sum of ten dollars per month for the support, maintenance, clothing and other expenses of the child from the time of its entrance into the school until its discharge therefrom.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 8-9)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 164.070)
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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