Under Ontario's Education Act, a child can be excused
from compulsory school attendance if they are «receiving satisfactory instruction at home or elsewhere» (s. 21 (2)-RRB-.
By state law he is exempt
from compulsory school attendance this year.
Not exact matches
The letters» messages range
from concern and importance of education to information about the
compulsory school attendance law and consequences for violating it.»
Potential criticism of this explanation comes
from research on
compulsory school -
attendance laws.
Under the current law, students who attend special state
schools are exempt
from the state's
compulsory attendance policies.
This rejected the interpretations of «regularly» as being «sufficiently frequently» or «at regular intervals», as the Supreme Court held that Parliament must have intended the meaning of «in accordance with the rules» in order to fall in line with reasons including
school attendance being
compulsory; defences to non-
attendance have been reduced in legislation; and the need for certainty within the criminal law as to when removing a child
from school is a criminal offence, and any other reading of «regularly» would create uncertainty.