MSD Policies

Students

101 Compulsory Attendance Age

Every child who is at least six (6) years of age and under eighteen (18) years of age shall attend the school to which he/she is assigned unless:

  1. the child is attending a public school outside the district to which the child is assigned or an approved private school; or

  2. the child is receiving home education; or

  3. the Superintendent or his/her designee has excused the child from attendance because the child is physically or mentally unable to attend school.

Any child who reaches his/her sixth birthday after September 30th shall not be required to attend school until the following school year.

Statutory Reference:

RSA 193:1 (Duty of Parent; Compulsory Attendance by Pupil) 

NHSBA Code JEA 

8/94, 8/01 revised as follows:

First Reading Coordination:  2/9/10

Second Reading and Adoption by BOSC:  3/8/10