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Compulsory School Attendance Laws by State
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State
|
Age of
|
Exemptions |
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Alabama |
16 |
Legally and regularly employed under child labor law |
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Alaska |
16 |
|
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Arizona |
16 |
14 with parental consent and gainfully employed |
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Arkansas |
17 |
Must complete school year |
|
California |
18 |
|
|
Colorado |
16 |
Has current age and school certificate or work permit |
|
Connecticut |
18 |
16 with parental consent |
|
Delaware |
16 |
|
|
District of Columbia |
18 |
|
|
Florida |
17 |
May terminate at 16 with parental consent |
|
Georgia |
16 |
|
| Hawaii |
18 |
15 if employed |
| Idaho |
16 |
|
| Illinois |
17 |
Employed and excused by school official |
| Indiana |
18 |
16 with consent of parent and principal, 14 if parent agrees and State Labor bureau issues a certificate, and must go back to school within 5 days of termination of employment for which certificate was issued |
| Iowa |
16 |
|
| Kansas |
18 |
16 and 17 with parental consent |
| Kentucky |
16 |
|
| Louisiana |
18 |
17 with parental consent |
| Maine |
17 |
15 or completed 9th grade |
| Maryland |
16 |
|
| Massachusetts |
16 |
14 |
| Michigan |
16 |
|
| Minnesota |
16 |
|
| Mississippi |
17 |
|
| Missouri |
16 |
14 |
| Montana |
16 |
Or completion of 8th grade, whichever is later |
| Nebraska |
18 |
14 and 16 with parental consent; special legislation for home schooling |
| Nevada |
17 |
14 and excused by board of trustees; 14 if work is necessary for own or parents' support |
| New Hampshire |
16 |
|
| New Jersey |
16 |
|
| New Mexico |
HS Graduate |
17 if excused by school board and employed in a gainful trade or occupation or child is in alternative schooling with parental consent |
| New York |
16 |
17 in cities with 4,500 or more population and union-free school districts |
| North Carolina |
16 |
|
| North Dakota |
16 |
Necessary to support family |
| Ohio |
18 |
16 with parent's and superintendent's permission |
| Oklahoma |
18 |
16 if excused by written joint agreement |
| Oregon |
18 |
Or excused by district school board; 16 with consent of school and parent |
| Pennsylvania |
17 |
16 if regularly engaged in employment with a certificate, 15 if in farm work or domestic service in private home with permit, and 14 if completed elementary school with permit recommended by district superintendent of schools or principal of private school |
| Rhode Island |
18 |
16 with written consent |
| South Carolina |
17 |
16 if further attendance is determined by court to be disruptive, unproductive or not in best interest of child |
| South Dakota |
16 |
Or completion of 8th grade if member of certain religious organizations |
| Tennessee |
18 |
|
| Texas |
18 |
|
| Utah |
18 |
16 and 8th grade completed |
| Vermont |
16 |
15 and completed 6th grade and services needed for support of family |
| Virginia |
18 |
Exempt any pupil with parent and principal's consent or superintendent or a court which believes the minor can not benefit from education at school |
| Washington |
18 |
16 if parent agrees, or child is emancipated, or has received certificate of competence |
| West Virginia |
16 |
|
| Wisconsin |
18 |
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| Wyoming |
16 |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, data updated as of December 2005
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