Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 14.30.010 (2026)
When attendance compulsory
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Sec. 14.30.010. When attendance compulsory.
(a) Every child between seven and 16 years of age shall attend school at the public school in the district in which the child resides during each school term. Every parent, guardian or other person having the responsibility for or control of a child between seven and 16 years of age shall maintain the child in attendance at a public school in the district in which the child resides during the entire school term, except as provided in (b) of this section.
(b) This section does not apply if a child
(1) is provided an academic education comparable to that offered by the public schools in the area, either by
(A) attendance at a private school in which the teachers are certificated according to AS 14.20.020;
(B) tutoring by personnel certificated according to AS 14.20.020; or
(C) attendance at an educational program operated in compliance with AS 14.45.100 — 14.45.200 by a religious or other private school;
(2) attends a school operated by the federal government;
(3) has a physical or mental condition that a competent medical authority determines will make attendance impractical;
(4) is in the custody of a court or law enforcement authorities;
(5) is temporarily ill or injured;
(6) has been suspended or expelled under AS 14.03.160 or suspended or denied admittance under AS 14.30.045;
(7) resides more than two miles from either a public school or a route on which transportation is provided by the school authorities, except that this paragraph does not apply if the child resides within two miles of a federal or private school that the child is eligible and able to attend;
(8) is excused by action of the school board of the district at a regular meeting or by the district superintendent subject to approval by the school board of the district at the next regular meeting;
(9) has completed the 12th grade;
(10) is enrolled in
(A) a state boarding school established under AS 14.16; or
(B) a full-time program of correspondence study approved by the department; in those school districts providing an approved correspondence study program, a student may be enrolled either in the district correspondence program or in the centralized correspondence study program;
(11) is equally well-served by an educational experience approved by the school board as serving the child's educational interests despite an absence from school, and the request for excuse is made in writing by the child's parents or guardian and approved by the principal or administrator of the school that the child attends;
(12) is being educated in the child's home by a parent or legal guardian.
(c) If a parent, legal guardian, or other person having the responsibility for or control of the child elects to enroll a child who is six years of age in first grade at a public school, after enrollment, the child is subject to the provisions of (a) and (b) of this section. If the parent or guardian of a child who is six years of age and is enrolled in first grade at a public school determines, within 60 days after the child is enrolled, that the best interests of the child are not being served by enrollment in the first grade, the child may be withdrawn from school, and the provisions of (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to the child until the child is seven years of age.
(a) Every child between seven and 16 years of age shall attend school at the public school in the district in which the child resides during each school term. Every parent, guardian or other person having the responsibility for or control of a child between seven and 16 years of age shall maintain the child in attendance at a public school in the district in which the child resides during the entire school term, except as provided in (b) of this section.
(b) This section does not apply if a child
(1) is provided an academic education comparable to that offered by the public schools in the area, either by
(A) attendance at a private school in which the teachers are certificated according to AS 14.20.020;
(B) tutoring by personnel certificated according to AS 14.20.020; or
(C) attendance at an educational program operated in compliance with AS 14.45.100 — 14.45.200 by a religious or other private school;
(2) attends a school operated by the federal government;
(3) has a physical or mental condition that a competent medical authority determines will make attendance impractical;
(4) is in the custody of a court or law enforcement authorities;
(5) is temporarily ill or injured;
(6) has been suspended or expelled under AS 14.03.160 or suspended or denied admittance under AS 14.30.045;
(7) resides more than two miles from either a public school or a route on which transportation is provided by the school authorities, except that this paragraph does not apply if the child resides within two miles of a federal or private school that the child is eligible and able to attend;
(8) is excused by action of the school board of the district at a regular meeting or by the district superintendent subject to approval by the school board of the district at the next regular meeting;
(9) has completed the 12th grade;
(10) is enrolled in
(A) a state boarding school established under AS 14.16; or
(B) a full-time program of correspondence study approved by the department; in those school districts providing an approved correspondence study program, a student may be enrolled either in the district correspondence program or in the centralized correspondence study program;
(11) is equally well-served by an educational experience approved by the school board as serving the child's educational interests despite an absence from school, and the request for excuse is made in writing by the child's parents or guardian and approved by the principal or administrator of the school that the child attends;
(12) is being educated in the child's home by a parent or legal guardian.
(c) If a parent, legal guardian, or other person having the responsibility for or control of the child elects to enroll a child who is six years of age in first grade at a public school, after enrollment, the child is subject to the provisions of (a) and (b) of this section. If the parent or guardian of a child who is six years of age and is enrolled in first grade at a public school determines, within 60 days after the child is enrolled, that the best interests of the child are not being served by enrollment in the first grade, the child may be withdrawn from school, and the provisions of (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to the child until the child is seven years of age.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1975–2025 · leading case: Hootch Ex Rel. Hootch v. Alaska State-Operated Sch. Sys., 536 P.2d 793 (Alaska 1975).
Hootch Ex Rel. Hootch v. Alaska State-Operated Sch. Sys., 536 P.2d 793 (Alaska 1975). “[10] The answers to interrogatories reveal that ASOSS does not have information concerning the number of school age children living within its district, the number of secondary school age children that are unable to attend school without living away from home, the number of…”
Matter of SD, Jr., 549 P.2d 1190 (Alaska 1976). “[22] Such a standard has been adopted *1198 as the law of Alaska by AS 14.30.010 which, with certain exceptions not applicable here, mandates that parents of children between the ages of 7 and 16 years of age shall insure that the child is not absent from school.”
L. A. M. v. State, 547 P.2d 827 (Alaska 1976). “-010(a)(3) and AS 14.30.010 (truancy). 5 At the hearing the court was informed that Mrs.”
State, Dep't of Corr. v. Johnson, 2 P.3d 56 (Alaska 2000). “See AS 14.30.010 (requiring children aged 7 to 16 to attend school).”
T.B. v. State, 922 P.2d 271 (Alaska 1996). “, we referred to AS 14.30.010, which requires parents and guardians to "maintain the child in attendance at a public school.”
TB v. State, 922 P.2d 271 (Alaska 1996). “, we referred to AS 14.30.010, which requires parents and guardians to "maintain the child in attendance at a public school.”
LAM v. State, 547 P.2d 827 (Alaska 1976). “010(a)(3) and AS 14.30.010 (truancy). [5] At the hearing the court was informed that Mrs.”
State of Alaska, Dept. of Educ. & Early Dev., & Deena M. Bishop, in an Off. capacity, & Andrea Moceri, Theresa Brooks, & Brandy Pennington v. Edward Alexander, Josh Andrews, Shelby Beck Andrews, & Carey Carpenter, Andrea Moceri, Theresa Brooks, & Brandy Pennington v. State of Alaska, Dep't of Educ. & Early Dev. (Alaska 2025). “500(c) (providing student count calculation for correspondence student); AS 14.30.010(b)(10) (excluding correspondence student from compulsory attendance requirement); AS 14.”
— Alaska Stat. § 14.30.010(a) — 1 case
Hootch Ex Rel. Hootch v. Alaska State-Operated Sch. Sys., 536 P.2d 793 (Alaska 1975). “[10] The answers to interrogatories reveal that ASOSS does not have information concerning the number of school age children living within its district, the number of secondary school age children that are unable to attend school without living away from home, the number of…”
— Alaska Stat. § 14.30.010(b)(10) — 1 case
State of Alaska, Dept. of Educ. & Early Dev., & Deena M. Bishop, in an Off. capacity, & Andrea Moceri, Theresa Brooks, & Brandy Pennington v. Edward Alexander, Josh Andrews, Shelby Beck Andrews, & Carey Carpenter, Andrea Moceri, Theresa Brooks, & Brandy Pennington v. State of Alaska, Dep't of Educ. & Early Dev. (Alaska 2025). “500(c) (providing student count calculation for correspondence student); AS 14.30.010(b)(10) (excluding correspondence student from compulsory attendance requirement); AS 14.”
— Alaska Stat. § 14.30.010(b)(7) — 1 case
Hootch Ex Rel. Hootch v. Alaska State-Operated Sch. Sys., 536 P.2d 793 (Alaska 1975). “[10] The answers to interrogatories reveal that ASOSS does not have information concerning the number of school age children living within its district, the number of secondary school age children that are unable to attend school without living away from home, the number of…”
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