ATTENDANCE LAW DIRECTORY
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Updated Aug 29, 2026California School Attendance and Truancy LawsCalifornia generally requires children between 6 and 18 years of age to attend full-time school unless an exemption applies.1 A student can be classified…View Attendance Law Guide 
Updated Sep 4, 2026Florida School Attendance Requirements and Truancy RulesUnder the 2026 Florida Statutes, compulsory school attendance generally applies to children who are age 6, will turn 6 by February 1 of the…View Attendance Law Guide 
Updated Sep 20, 2026Georgia School Attendance and Absence LawsGeorgia generally requires children to attend a public school, private school, or home study program from their sixth birthday until their sixteenth birthday. The…View Attendance Law Guide 
Updated Sep 13, 2026Illinois School Attendance Laws and Truancy RulesIllinois does not use a single statewide rule such as “10 unexcused days are allowed.” The School Code uses percentages. A child subject to…View Attendance Law Guide 
Updated Sep 27, 2026Michigan School Attendance Requirements and TruancyMichigan generally requires current school-age children to attend school from age 6 until age 18 unless an exemption applies. Reaching age 16 does not…View Attendance Law Guide 
Updated Sep 13, 2026New York School Attendance and Truancy LawsNew York requires children of compulsory school age to receive full-time instruction and attend regularly. State law generally covers students from age 6 through…View Attendance Law Guide 
Updated Sep 22, 2026North Carolina School Attendance RequirementsNorth Carolina generally requires school attendance from age 7 until a child turns 16. A child under 7 who is already enrolled in a…View Attendance Law Guide 
Updated Aug 28, 2026Ohio Compulsory Attendance and Truancy LawsOhio generally treats a child as being of compulsory school age from age six until age eighteen. During that period, a parent or guardian…View Attendance Law Guide 
Updated Sep 10, 2026Pennsylvania Compulsory School Attendance LawsPennsylvania generally requires a child to attend school from the time the child enters school, no later than age 6, until age 18. A…View Attendance Law Guide 
Updated Sep 1, 2026Texas School Attendance Laws and the 90% RuleTexas law ties class credit and final grades to attendance. For most students covered by Texas Education Code Section 25.092, a student must attend…View Attendance Law Guide 
Updated Oct 6, 2026Virginia School Attendance Requirements and Truancy RulesVirginia generally requires a child who reaches age five on or before September 30 and has not passed age eighteen to satisfy the Commonwealth's…View Attendance Law Guide MORE RESOURCES
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