Code Section
392.040, et seq.

Age Requirements
Between 7 and 17

Exceptions
Private school; physical/mental condition preventing attendance; completion of 12 grades; receiving equivalent, approved instruction; residence too far from nearest school; with written evidence, child over 14 must work for his or parents’ support or with board’s authority; any child who has completed education through eighth grade and receives permission from court

Home School Provisions
Equivalent instruction of the kind and amount approved by the state board of education

Penalties on Parents for Noncompliance
Misdemeanor