laws about school age

What is the name of your state? iowa
does anyone know what age the must by state law be in school or home schooling in the state of mo.??
he is the 5 almost 6 in dec.
we need to find out if child is in school for coustody hearing.

i just wanted to check the laws

or even links to site to help me would be great!!!!!!

i take it no one knows

now i will got for any state?

[karma1]

child has to be in school by age 6-or parents have to let school district know if they are being homeschooled. That is my understanding when I taught kindergarten-truancy officer could not enforce anything til child was 6.

[cbg]

Rose, this is a volunteer site. People wander by on their own time and no one gets paid for it. You waited five hours before assuming that no one knew the answer. Sometimes it takes a day or so before someone who knows the law in your state comes by. Be patient.

[Whyte Noise]

Here is a link for home school information in Missouri

[url]http://www.hslda.org/laws/analysis/MO.asp[/url]

And here is the Missouri Statute about entering into kindergarten or first grade

[url]http://www.moga.state.mo.us/statutes/C100-199/1600053.HTM[/url]

To get into kindergarten, the child has to be 5 BEFORE August first. To get into first grade, the child has to be 6 BEFORE August first. So, going by your post, the child's birthday is in December, so even though he is going to be 6 in December, he's just now eligible for kindergarten. He's a year behind because of his birthday. My three children are the same way. In Georgia, you have to be 5 by September 1st to get in Kindergarten, and 6 by September 1st to get in first grade. All my children were born in October and September, so they had to wait an extra year to meet the requirements. All of my children turned 6 right after kindergarten started, but because of the age requirements, and the way it's in the statutes, they had no choice to to be late entering.

[haiku]

[url]http://www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling/laws/blIA.htm#299.1A[/url] Compulsory attendance age

Thanks for all the help
i will check out the sites.

we are going for coustody and we do not belive the child in in school at all - and i was not sure at what age the cp could be held accountable for not having him in school.

i was not trying to be inpatient. i just getting kind of feed up with dealling with the whole custody thing.

it is not any of you guys you have all been great in your answers.

i am sure you all now how it is stress stress.

but time iwll tell and we still have a long was to go jan 24th is our frist court date and we have been trying to get as mush info about the childs current life as possible, with no contact with the cp she will not talk to us.

this all started over a phone call because her chaild had been with us for 3 months - due to her not having a home - her mother(the grandma) call at 10:30 pm and wanted to talk to the child - he was in bed she wanted him woken up to talk to her . i admit i did butt in (he is my boyfrinds child) and tell the grandma no you can call back tomarrow at between 4 and 8 to talk to him. this is my phone , my home and i am not waking a sleeping child just to talk to you. i had not right to tell her that other that it is my home. i am not the bigest B***h in the book and just want to be "the childs mom" no just want respect in my home. i would not call there home at that time.
we have documented every call and vist since that date.

thanks for all your help
any more adive you can give would be helpfull