SECTION 1. Chapter 76 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking section 2 and inserting in place thereof the following section:—Section 2. Every person in control of a child described in section one shall cause him to attend school as therein required, and, if he fails so to do for seven day sessions or fourteen half day sessions within any period of six months, he shall, on complaint by a supervisor of attendance, be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Notwithstanding the provisions of section six A of chapter two hundred and seventy-nine, the court may order that a defendant convicted under this section be imprisoned only on designated weekends, evenings or holidays. No physical or mental condition capable of correction, or rendering the child a fit subject for special instruction at public charge in institutions other than public day schools, shall avail as a defense unless it appears that the defendant has employed all reasonable measures for the correction of the condition and the suitable instruction of the child. The juvenile court shall have jurisdiction of complaints hereunder.
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