Delaware Code
Title 14 - Education
Chapter 27. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

Subchapter I. School Attendance Requirements

§ 2701. Free public schools. - Subject to other provisions of this title, all the public...

§ 2702. Compulsory attendance requirements; evaluation of readiness; exit interview. - (a) Except as otherwise provided, the following provisions are applicable...

§ 2703. Private school attendance or other educational instruction. - Section 2702 of this title shall not apply to any...

§ 2703A. Homeschools defined. - (a) For purposes of this chapter, a “homeschool” is considered...

§ 2704. Report of non-public schools to Department. - (a) All persons conducting nonpublic schools shall report end of...

§ 2705. Exemption of children from compulsory attendance requirements. - (a) Other provisions of this title notwithstanding, a child may...

§ 2706. Contagious diseases. - Any child affected with diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever or smallpox...

§ 2707. Religious holidays. - (a) A pupil's absence from school for the observance of...

Subchapter II. Truancy

§ 2721. Definitions. - In this chapter: (1) “Court” means either the Justice of...

§ 2722. Absences and truancy. - (a) Subject to the rules and regulations of the local...

§ 2723. Responsibility of police officers. - (a) Any pupil under the age of 16 identified by...

§ 2724. Notification to parents and students. - At the beginning of a school year each school district...

§ 2725. Absences without excuse; truancy conferences. - (a) If a student has been absent from school without...

§ 2726. Procedure for truancy conferences. - The provisions of § 4122 of this title shall apply...

§ 2727. Notice of violation and compliance. - No person shall be prosecuted for violation of § 2702...

§ 2728. Procedure for court adjudication. - (a) When the school charges a parent or a student...

§ 2729. Failure to send; affirmative defense; penalties. - (a) If a charge is filed against a parent for...

§ 2730. Failure to attend; penalties. - (a) The school may file a civil charge of truancy...

§ 2731. Enforcement of court order. - (a) The court with jurisdiction over the matter shall retain...

§ 2732. Appeals. - (a) A parent convicted within the Justice of the Peace...

§ 2733. Jurisdiction; venue. - (a) The Justice of the Peace Court and the Family...

§ 2734. Disposition and accounting of fines. - The fines provided for by § 2729 of this title...

§ 2735. Special procedure for expungement of truancy records. - (a) At the time that a case is closed because...

§ 2736. Payment to Woods Haven School for Girls. - Repealed by 76 Del. Laws, c. 280, § 423, effective...