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Section 3205.2(b) - Title IV, Article 65, Part I
 

S 3205. Attendance of minors upon full time day instruction.

1. a. In each  school district of the state, each minor from six to sixteen years of age shall attend upon full time instruction.   b. Each minor from six to sixteen years of age on an  Indian  reservation shall attend upon full time day instruction.  c.  For purposes of this article, a minor who becomes six years of age on or before the first of December in any school year shall be  required to  attend upon full time instruction from the first day that the appropriate public schools are in session in September of such  school  year, and  a minor who becomes six years of age after the first of December in any school year shall be required to attend upon full  time  instruction from the first day of session in the following September; and, except as otherwise  provided  in  subdivision  three  of  this  section, shall be required to remain in attendance until the last day of  session  in  the school year in which the minor becomes sixteen years of age.

2.  Exceptions.  a.  A minor who has completed a four-year high school course of study shall not be subject to the provisions of  part  one  of this article in respect to required attendance upon instruction. b. A minor for whom application for a full-time employment certificate has  been  made  and who is eligible therefore may, though unemployed, be permitted to attend part time school not less than twenty hours per week instead of full time school.  c. The board of education of the  Syracuse  city  school  district  is hereby  authorized  to  require  minors  who are five years of age on or before December first to attend kindergarten instruction.  However,  the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to:   (i)  Minors whose parents elect not to enroll their children in school until the following September.  (ii) Students enrolled in non-public schools or in home instruction. 

3. In each city of the state and in union free school districts having a  population of more than forty-five hundred inhabitants and employing a superintendent of schools, the board of education shall  have  power  to require  minors  from  sixteen  to  seventeen  years  of age who are not employed to attend upon full time day instruction until the last day of session in the school year in which the student becomes seventeen years of age.