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> Everywhere * in the USA

• Aaargh20318 3y ago
  Is school in the US optional? Over here (the Netherlands) school is mandatory for anyone under 18. Skipping school without a valid reason (e.g. illness) comes with a €100/day fine.
  • toomuchtodo 3y ago
    It’s relatively easy to pull your kid from the public school system (we submitted a form for each child, and have to provide a brief report annually on their homeschool progress), and the penalties you mention do not exist unless absence quantity is egregious (and typically, no financial penalties).
  • kwhitefoot 3y ago
    School in Norway is not compulsory. Education is. When we wanted to take the children to the US with us for three months the headmistress tried to make out that we needed her permission but in the end she could only threaten us with the potential problem that there might not be a space in the school for them when they came back. My wife asked for the lesson plans for the period and was grudgingly given them; all three of the children were ahead of their respective classes when we got back. Does fining people make their educational attainments better? I know that such fines are a big thing in the UK but as far as I can tell it is just a burden on the poor and merely adds a small additional cost to family holidays for the well off that is offset by lower prices during term time.
  • whywhywhywhy 3y ago
    Where does the money go?
    • Aaargh20318 3y ago
      Where all money for fines goes, to the government.
  • 0xcde4c3db 3y ago
    There are truancy laws, but they're state/local (so there's no unified US standard), may also interact with the local school district's policy on absences, and there's often little enforcement effort. Parents may also "home school" which usually comes with significantly less overall scrutiny from the government, but the details of this also vary by jurisdiction. (Yes, education policy in the US is an absolute mess.)
• whiterknight 3y ago
  Maybe you should read a site tailored to your local interests instead of one focused on Silicon Valley and adjacent cities.
  • Aachen 3y ago
    Local interests? HN is a local interests site? That's an interesting take if you look at the stories being submitted, those making it to the homepage, or the diversity of commenters Anyway even if you're from the USA, "everywhere" is still not a useful title: for all anyone knows, it means countries around the world. I'd equally expect our local news to specify "in Nederland" if that's what they mean. Opening such a site now, indeed the homepage specifies Zeeuwse beaches are the most polluted among Dutch beaches, it doesn't say "of all beaches". Another one says family of Israeli soldiers in the Netherlands are receiving more threats, rather than such family everywhere. I can't find any headline that's written like this The title is simply somewhere between vague and misleading
    • whiterknight 3y ago
      All are welcome. It’s just weird to get upset that it’s US focused.