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I think you’re referring to the right of parents have over minors to do pretty much anything to them to do pretty much anything that they want. However, parents cannot get legal assistance to keep their child in school any more than they can get legal assistance to force their child to clean...
I am not asking if the parents can force their child to go to school by any means they can without the law acting against them: that they can is obvious. I'm asking if the school can force them to attend.
Lawyers.com says that "Generally, students in New York can legally leave school after the last day of the academic year when they had their 16th birthday." not that "Generally, parents in New York can take their children out of school after the last day of the academic year when they had their...
New York Consolidated Laws, Education Law - EDN § 3205 | FindLaw
It says "a minor... 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" not "parents shall be required to make their children attend school...
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