N.Y. Educ. Law § 4111

§ 4111. Arrest of truants. Any attendance officer may arrest without\nwarrant anywhere within the state any Indian child between six and\nsixteen years of age, found away from his home and who is then a truant\nfrom instruction upon which he is lawfully required to attend within the\ndistricts of which such attendance officer has jurisdiction. He shall\nforthwith deliver a child so arrested either to the person in parental\nrelation to the child, or to the teacher of the school from which said\nchild is then a truant, or in case of habitual truants, shall bring them\nbefore a magistrate for commitment to a school for delinquents, as\nprovided in section forty-one hundred twelve of this article.\n