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(a)Every parent, guardian or other person having control
or charge of any child who is a resident of this state and whose
seventh birthday falls on or before August 1, or September 15 if
the child started kindergarten pursuant to an approved request
under W.S. 21-3-110(a)(xxxviii), of any year and who has not yet
attained his sixteenth birthday or completed the tenth grade
shall be required to send such child to, and such child shall be
required to attend, a public or private school each year, during
the entire time that the public schools shall be in session in
the district in which the pupil resides; provided, that the
board of trustees of each school district may exempt any child
from the operation of this article when:
(i)The board believes that compulsory attendance in
school would
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(a) Every parent, guardian or other person having control
or charge of any child who is a resident of this state and whose
seventh birthday falls on or before August 1, or September 15 if
the child started kindergarten pursuant to an approved request
under W.S. 21-3-110(a)(xxxviii), of any year and who has not yet
attained his sixteenth birthday or completed the tenth grade
shall be required to send such child to, and such child shall be
required to attend, a public or private school each year, during
the entire time that the public schools shall be in session in
the district in which the pupil resides; provided, that the
board of trustees of each school district may exempt any child
from the operation of this article when:
(i) The board believes that compulsory attendance in
school would be detrimental to the mental or physical health of
such child or the other children in the school; provided, the
board may designate at the expense of the district a medical
doctor of its choice to guide it and support it in its decision;
(ii) The board feels that compulsory school
attendance might work undue hardship. The board may conduct a
hearing on issues pursuant to this paragraph by executive
session; or
(iii) The child has been legally excluded from the
regular schools pursuant to the provisions of W.S. 21-4-306.
(b) A home-based educational program shall meet the
requirements of a basic academic educational program pursuant to
W.S. 21-4-101(a)(vi). It shall be the responsibility of every
person administering a home-based educational program to ensure
a curriculum is administered to pupils in the program that
complies with the requirements of this subsection.
(c) In addition to subsection (a) of this section, the
parent, guardian or other person having control or charge of any
child under the age of eighteen (18), who has not otherwise
notified the district of enrolling that child in a different
school district or in a private school or home-based educational
program, shall meet in person with a school district counselor
or administrator to provide the school district with written
consent to the withdrawal of that child from school attendance.
The written consent to withdrawal shall include a separate
provision authorizing the release of the student's identity and
address to the Wyoming national guard youth challenge program,
as established by W.S. 19-9-701, for the sole purpose of
recruitment into the Wyoming national guard youth challenge
program.
(d) A child participating in the ESA program specified by
W.S. 21-2-901 and who provides notice of participation in the
ESA program to the child's school district shall be deemed to be
in compliance with the compulsory attendance requirement under
this section.