§ 1123 - Attendance may be excused
§ 1123. Attendance may be excused
(a) The superintendent of a public school may excuse, in writing, any pupil from attendance upon such school for a definite time, but for not more than ten consecutive school days and such excuse shall be granted only for emergencies or for absence from town.
(b) The superintendent of an elementary school held for more than one hundred and seventy-five school days in a school year may excuse, in writing, a pupil of such school from attending more than such one hundred and seventy-five days.
(c) The superintendent with the consent of a majority of the school board of the town in which the pupil resides, may excuse, in writing, a pupil who has reached the age of fifteen years and has completed the work required in the first six years of the elementary school course from further school attendance if his services are needed for the support of those dependent upon him, or for any other sufficient reason.