{"data":{"id":"us-de/14-del.-c.-2723","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"14 Del. C. § 2723","heading":"Responsibility of police officers.","body":"(a) Any pupil under the age of 16 identified by a police officer as being off school property without official authorization may be returned to that pupil’s home school.\n(b) Any pupil under the age of 16 identified by a police officer as being off school property without official authorization may be detained by the police for a period not to exceed 2 hours for the purpose of notification of parent or guardian. This detention may be within the police station but not in a criminally confined area.","path":["Title 14. Education","Free Public Schools","CHAPTER 27. School Attendance","Subchapter II. Truancy"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title14/c027/sc02/index.html#2723","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:18Z","sha256":"9786cdc174368f9cfdf7a5e523b16e3d3b3e0217727006878cca04137cbf2639","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/14-del.-c.-2722","next":"us-de/14-del.-c.-2724"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}