Title
TITLE 70 SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION (INCLUDES 2019 POCKET PART)
Body
TITLE 70
SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION
Chapter
1. General Provisions
2. Family Adult Education Unit
3. Scholarships
4. Head Start Funding
5. Career Readiness Act
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section
1. Neglect or refusal to compel child to attend school
? 1. Neglect or refusal to compel child to attend school
A. It shall be unlawful for a parent, guardian, custodian or other person having control of a child who is over the age of five (5) years, unless such child has been screened by the Cherokee Nation, or an educational or behavioral health expert and such child is determined not to be ready for kindergarten, and under the age of eighteen (18) years, to neglect or refuse to cause or compel such child to attend and comply with the rules of some public, private or other school including home school, unless other means of education are provided for the full term the schools of the district are in session. One-half (1/2) day of kindergarten shall be required of all children five (5) years of age or older as appropriately provided, or as otherwise excepted from same by this section. A kindergarten program shall be directed toward developmentally appropriate objectives for such children. The program shall require that any teacher employed on program within the public school system shall be certified in early childhood education.
B. It shall be unlawful for any child who is over the age of sixteen (16) years and under the age of eighteen (18) years, and who has not finished four (4) years of high school work, to neglect or refuse to attend and comply with the rules of some public, private or other school including home school, or receive an education by other means for the full term the schools of the district are in session.
Provided, that this section shall not apply:
1. If any such child is prevented from attending school by reason of mental or physical disability, to be determined...
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