Section 1343. Arrest of Children Failing to Attend School.--When an attendance officer or a State, municipal, port authority, transit authority , housing authority or school police officer arrests or apprehends any child who fails to attend school as required by the provisions of this act, he shall promptly notify the parents, guardian, or person in parental relation to such child, if such person can be found in the district, and unless requested by such parent, guardian, or person in parental relation to place said child in a school other than public school, he shall place said child in the public school in which the child is, or should be, enrolled.
(1343 amended Nov. 17, 1995, 1st Sp.Sess., P.L.1110, No.29)