Ca school law. How long can a parent take to register their children into school after a move before it becomes truancy? They have not been registered at any school this current school year. The move was an hour from their last location, the family had their new address before the move and the children have not heard when they will be starting school. It doesn't seem to be a high concern for the family.
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How long does a guardian have to register children into a school after a move?
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Ohiogal
Queen Bee
Who are you in all this?
Ohiogal
Queen Bee
Great minds and all that jazz.
FlyingRon
Senior Member
Truancy has nothing to do with "enrollment" but rather "attendance."
California law requires children residing there to attend school.
The problem is the definition of school attendance is required is deferred to the school district where the student resides. You're not going to get a hard answer like "thirty days" to your question.
California law requires children residing there to attend school.
The problem is the definition of school attendance is required is deferred to the school district where the student resides. You're not going to get a hard answer like "thirty days" to your question.
LdiJ
Senior Member
Have you verified that school has started in that school district? While many and maybe even most school districts have likely started back by now, I am sure that there are a few who have not yet.
FlyingRon
Senior Member
As I pointed out earlier, there is a compulsory attendance law in California as defined in the Education Code. A student with more than three unexcused absences is defined as truant. However, as I stated, what constitutes required attendance is at the discretion of the school district where the student resides. The district is given leeway as to defining when the student is compelled to be there and thus they define when he is absent for the truancy law.
Schools started 2 weeks ago. It was a week ago that they should have been registered.
Just Blue
Senior Member
Who are you in this situation?
Law doesn't care if it's a NCP gotcha game....the matter is kids need to be in school. and it least in theory CA is pretty serious about truancy And I'm inclined to agree it's a gotcha game ...that said , .the issues about truancy in CA are pretty well defined in state education code as well as other places .
Note..in school may well include private school, cyber schools, home school, charter schools or whatever exists in CA.
Note..in school may well include private school, cyber schools, home school, charter schools or whatever exists in CA.
Law doesn't care if it's a NCP gotcha game....the matter is kids need to be in school. and it least in theory CA is pretty serious about truancy And I'm inclined to agree it's a gotcha game ...that said , .the issues about truancy in CA are pretty well defined in state education code as well as other places .
Note..in school may well include private school, cyber schools, home school, charter schools or whatever exists in CA and these might start at later dates.
Note..in school may well include private school, cyber schools, home school, charter schools or whatever exists in CA and these might start at later dates.
Ohiogal
Queen Bee
So how do you know the children are not in cyber school? Or being home schooled? Oh yeah, we don't. Nor do we know how credible any information OP gave us is because we don't know who OP is in the situation. So this could all be a big game of gotcha that doesn't deal with anything regarding the law.