42-13.11 Coordination with School Representatives.
(a) If the school and CTB agree, the Court may permit the CTB to provide continued supervision
over the student or parent and report on compliance with the order of the Court.
(b) If the CTB is unable to gain compliance with the Court order, the CTB shall return the case to
the Tribal Court for further proceedings.
42-11.11 Student Relocation. If, after the Tribal Court assumes jurisdiction, the child relocates to a
residence off the Reservation, either the school representative or the child’s parent may request that the
juvenile Court in the receiving jurisdiction assume jurisdiction of the petition filed in the Spokane Tribal
Court.
Section 42-13 Sanctions
42-13.01 Sanctions.
(a) If the child fails to comply with the Court order, the Tribal Court may find the child in contempt
of Court and may order the child to be subject to detention, as a remedial civil sanction, until the
child agrees to follow the terms of the Court’s order; or the Court may impose alternatives to
detention, such as community restitution.
(b) Failure by a child to comply with an order issued under the RSLOC § 42-11.05, hereof, shall not
be subject the child to detention for a period greater than that permitted pursuant to a civil
contempt proceeding.
(c) Any parent violating the RSLOC §§ 42-3, 42-5, or 42-11, hereof, or who refuses to cooperate
with the school district to reduce unexcused absences, may be held in contempt; may be subject
to detention as a remedial sanction; and may be fined not more than $25 dollars for each day
the child continues with unexcused absence from school.
(1) The Court shall remit 50% of all fines collected under this Section 42-13.01 to the Wellpinit
School District.
(2) The Court may order the parent to provide community restitution instead of imposing a fine.
(d) It shall be a defense for a parent who is alleged to have violated the RSLOC §§ 42-3 or 42-5,
hereof, or who is accused of failing to work with the school to ensure their child attends school,
that the parent exercised reasonable diligence in attempting to cause a child in the parent’s
custody to attend school, or that the child's school did not perform its duties as required by this
Code.
(e) Any sentence of detention or fine imposed pursuant to the RSLOC § 42-13.01 may be suspended
upon the condition that a child or parent shall participate with the school in a supervised plan for
the child's attendance at school, or upon the condition that the parent and child attend a
conference or conferences scheduled by a school for the purpose of analyzing the causes of a
child's absence.
Section 42-15 Child Employment
42-15.01 Child Employment.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no child under the age of 15 years shall be employed,
for any purpose, by any person, company or corporation, on the Reservation during the hours
when the public schools of the Wellpinit School District are in session, unless the child shall
present a certificate from the school superintendent containing the following:
(1) excusing the child from attendance in the public schools; and
(2) setting forth the reason for such excuse;
(3) the residence and age of the child; and
(4) the time and days during which the child is excused from school.
(b) Every owner, superintendent, or overseer of any establishment, company, or corporation shall
keep the certificate on file so long as the child is employed.
(c) Proof that any child under 15 years of age is employed when a public school of the district is in
session, is prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.
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