Or. Rev. Stat. § 339.020
Duty to send children to school
Oregon · Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 339 — School Attendance; Admission; Discipline; Safety · Status: effective
Cite this
- Citation
- Or. Rev. Stat. § 339.020, Duty to send children to school, Oregon, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-04, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2499272
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:2499272@1- SHA-256
f98dbe5cde4e25f5b688ce18b28d1c071a3130841224076770911ec54fb08ffd
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
(1) Except as provided in ORS 339.030, every person having control of a child between the ages of 6 and 18 years who has not completed the 12th grade is required to send the child to, and maintain the child in, regular attendance at a public full-time school during the entire school term.
(2) If a person has control of a child five years of age and has enrolled the child in a public school, the person is required to send the child to, and maintain the child in, regular attendance at the public school while the child is enrolled in the public school.
(3) For the purpose of subsection (1) of this section, a child is considered to be six years of age if the sixth birthday of the child occurred on or before September 1 immediately preceding the beginning of the current school term.
(4) For a child who is six years of age, the requirement of subsection (1) of this section is met if the person having control of the child sends the child to, and maintains the child in, regular attendance in any grade of a public full-time school during the entire school term.