Attendance Required
Except as otherwise provided in this policy, every compulsory school-age child residing in the District, every migratory child of compulsory school age, and every child above compulsory school age enrolled as a student within the District is required to attend District schools when in session. A migratory child is a child of a migrant laborer temporarily domiciled within the District.
Compulsory school age shall mean the period of a student's life from the time the student's person in parental relation elects to have the student enter school, which shall be no later than six (6) years of age, until the student reaches eighteen (18) years of age. The term does not include a student who holds a certificate of graduation from a regularly accredited, licensed, registered, or approved high school.
Attendance need not always be within school facilities. A student will be considered in attendance if present at any place where school is in session by authority of the Board; the student is receiving approved tutorial instruction, or health or therapeutic services; the student is engaged in an approved and properly supervised independent study, work-study or career education program; the student is receiving approved homebound instruction; or as otherwise authorized in accordance with this policy.