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released. (2) If a law enforcement officer or a juvenile officer is unable to locate the parent, guardian, custodian, or other responsible person to whom a child under ten (10) years of age may be released, the juvenile officer shall notify the Texas Department of Human Services, Child Protective Services, for assistance in finding temporary housing for the child. This procedure will be consistent with already established procedures concerning neglected, abandoned, or abused children. Sec. 21 -57. Affirmative defenses. (a) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under Section 21 -54 of this Article that: (1) A child is accompanied by a parent, guardian, custodian or other responsible person as defined in this Article. (2) A child is legally married, divorced or widowed. (3) A child is the parent of a child. (4) A child is on the sidewalk of his residence. (5) A child is legally employed and is upon the premises of the child's place of employment or is returning home, without any detour or stop, from an occupation which requires the child to remain out beyond the curfew hours. (6) With respect to section 21 -54(b) of this Article, that the offense occurred during the scheduled vacation of or on a holiday observed by the school in which the child is enrolled, or that the child has graduated from high school or received a high school equivalency certificate, or that the child has permission to be absent from school or be in a public place from an authorized school official. In the case of a child being educated in a home school, a parent shall be deemed a school official. (7) A child is attending or traveling directly to or from, without any detour or stop, an activity involving the exercise of First Amendment right of free speech, freedom of assembly, or free exercise of religion. Such child shall evidence bona fide proof of such exercise by carrying a written communication signed by Page 8 of 12