Any person having control of a child of compulsory school age who fails to have the child attend school, as required by the provisions of this title, or provide alternative instruction pursuant to § 13-27-3, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor for the first offense. For each subsequent offense, a violator of this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Source: SDC 1939, § 15.9915; SL 1955, ch 41 , ch 17, § 14; SDC Supp 1960, § 15.9914; SL 1982, ch 86 , § 139; SL 1982, ch 142 , § 2; SL 2021, ch 76 , § 9.