Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Schools

Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Schools. Every person between the ages of five (5) and seventeen (17) shall attend a public school or non-public school or until the completion of the twelfth (12th) grade or upon meeting the high school graduation requirements. Any parent, guardian, or other person having the responsibility for the care of a child, whose attendance at school is obligatory, shall enroll their child in school. The Commissioner may grant individual waivers to this compulsory attendance requirement in cases of approved home study or for other circumstances in accordance with the law. Source: PL 6-10, § 1 (§ 1530); repealed and reenacted by PL 20-48 § 3 (Mar. 28, 2018), modified. Commission Comment: [Historical comments removed.] The Commission renumbered this section pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(a). The Commission inserted a comma after “Middle” in the section title and changed “nonpublic” to “non-public” pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(g).