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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 00:52:16+00:00

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1. Requirement. Persons 7 years of age or older and under 17 years shall attend a public day school during the time it is in regular session.
3. Alternatives to attendance at public day school. Alternatives to attendance at public day school are as follows.
A. Equivalent instruction alternatives are as follows.
(d) Any other manner arranged for by the school board and approved by the commissioner.
(2) A student is credited with attendance at a private school only if a certificate showing the name, residence and attendance of the person at the school, signed by the person or persons in charge of the school, has been filed with the school officials of the administrative unit in which the student resides.
(4) The following provisions govern a home instruction program.
(v) A statement of assurance that indicates that the home instruction program will include an annual assessment of the student's academic progress that includes at least one of the forms of assessment described in division (b).
(v) A review and acceptance of the student's progress by a local advisory board selected by the superintendent of the administrative unit in which the student resides that includes one administrative unit employee and 2 home instruction tutors. For the purpose of this subdivision, a "home instruction tutor" means the parent, guardian or other person who acts or will act as a primary teacher of the student in the home instruction program. This provision must be agreed to by the school officials of the administrative unit in which the student resides prior to submission of the written notice of intent to provide home instruction.
(c) Dissemination of any information filed under this subparagraph is governed by the provisions of section 6001; the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 United States Code, Section 1232g (2002); and the federal Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, 20 United States Code, Sections 1401 to 1487 (2002), except that "directory information," as defined by the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, is confidential and is not subject to public disclosure unless the parent or guardian specifically permits disclosure in writing or a judge orders otherwise. Copies of the information filed under this subparagraph must be maintained by the student's parent or guardian until the home instruction program concludes. The records must be made available to the commissioner upon request.
5. Adult responsibility. An adult having a person of compulsory school age under that adult's control shall cause the person to attend school as provided in this section.
7. Purpose. Compulsory education is essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people and the continued prosperity of our society and our nation. Maintaining regular student attendance is necessary to achieve the goal of an educated citizenry. Public schools should ensure the rights of access for all school-age persons to an appropriate educational opportunity and, when necessary, should develop alternatives to regular school curricula for those children and youth at risk of becoming dropouts and those who may have left school.
1983, c. 806, §49 (NEW). 1983, c. 862, §56 (AMD). 1985, c. 123, §§1,2 (AMD). 1987, c. 114, (AMD). 1989, c. 415, §§13-17 (AMD). 1989, c. 537, (AMD). 1991, c. 602, §§1,2 (AMD). 1991, c. 602, §4 (AFF). 1991, c. 622, §G3 (AMD). 1991, c. 622, §§G4,31,33 (AFF). 1995, c. 610, §2 (AFF). 2003, c. 181, §1 (AMD). 2003, c. 533, §1 (AMD). 2003, c. 688, §§H1,2 (AMD). 2003, c. 688, §H3 (AFF). 2007, c. 111, §1 (AMD). 2007, c. 451, §§3-5 (AMD). 2009, c. 330, §§1-3 (AMD). 2015, c. 448, §9 (AMD).

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