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WELCOME TO YOUR SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT
Assigned Social Worker: Mrs. Bethany Morrison Yates
Contact Number: 910-274-1070
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North Carolina Compulsory Attendance Law
Article 26. Attendance. Part 1. Compulsory Attendance. § 115C-378. Children required to attend.
(a) Every parent, guardian or custodian in this State having charge or control of a child between the ages of seven and 16 years shall cause the child to attend school continuously for a period equal to the time which the public school to which the child is assigned shall be in session. Every parent, guardian, or custodian in this State having charge or control of a child under age seven who is enrolled in a public school in grades kindergarten through two shall also cause the child to attend school continuously for a period equal to the time which the public school to which the child is assigned shall be in session unless the child has withdrawn from school.
(b) No person shall encourage, entice or counsel any child of compulsory school age to be unlawfully absent from school. The parent, guardian, or custodian of a child shall notify the school of the reason for each known absence of the child, in accordance with local school board policy.