When it comes to kindergarten students, Pennsylvania’s compulsory attendance laws are far from a model of clarity. Ambiguities and contradictions in the laws and their implementing regulations have created significant confusion as to whether kindergarten students can be found truant.
On one hand, Section 13-1326 of the Pennsylvania School Code defines compulsory school age as: “The period of a child’s life from the time the child’s parents elect to have the child enter school, which shall be not later than at the age of 8 years, until the age of 17 years.”
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