The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
003
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COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE
(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 1126)
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§ 1126. Failure to attend; notice
When a student between the ages of six and 16 years, who is not excused or exempted
from school attendance, fails to enter school at the beginning of the academic year
or, being enrolled, fails to attend the school, and when a student who is at least
16 years of age becomes enrolled in a public school and fails to attend, the teacher
or principal shall notify the truant officer and either the superintendent or the
school board, unless the teacher or principal is satisfied that the student is absent
on account of illness. (Amended 1965, No. 46, § 3, eff. May 5, 1965; 1975, No. 48, § 11, eff. April 15, 1975; 1999, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 121, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)