Every parent, guardian or other person having custody and control of a child between the ages of six and 16 years shall cause such child regularly to attend the public schools of the district or a day school in which there is given instruction equivalent to that provided in the public schools for children of similar grades and attainments or to receive equivalent instruction elsewhere than at school.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 18A:38-25
Attendance required of children between six and 16; exceptions
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Brunelle v. Lynn Public Schools (1998)
Most recently applied in Brunelle v. Lynn Public Schools (December 1998)
L.1967, c.271.
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