I have not sent my son 2 school since he was 14 now he is 15 can i get in trouble?

Question

i did not take him out he just never showed up for the next year or year after that since hes needed at home

Answer 1

yes,anymore they hold the parent resonsible so he needs to go before others catch on that he hasnt attended.

You can go to JAIL!!!

he is needed at home for what?No judge will agee with that!!

Answer 2

I agree with a shitload of trouble!

Answer 3

well didnt you make him go I am surprised the school sysytem hasnt been at your door gee whats he going to be when he grows up nothing? with no ability to read and write - pardon me mom but shame on you! And if this isnt mom shame on you for being such a dumb ***

Answer 4

c**p yeah. I would put him in school or apply for homeschool as soon as possible. Actually maybe you should put him in public school first and then pull him so you can homeschool him. Maybe this will appease the officials. Do something soon or you will be in a barel of crud!!!

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Answer 5

They'll just consider him "withdrawn" since he hasn't showed up for a year.

If the school hasn't called you, just go put him in another school to avoid any possible problems.

Depends on what state you live in if you get in trouble or not.. here in florida, they have gotten strict with it.

Answer 6

I guess I have to ask...why did you write the question as a 15 year old would - no capitals, no punctuation, texting slang (2 school), etc?

In a nutshell, you can get in loads of trouble...but any school district in America would have sent the police or truancy officer to your doorstep (or a nice long letter from the DA) to see why your son was not in school.

Answer 7

I have to ask, why is he needed at home? Why would you not want him to have an education?

Yes you will eventually get into trouble if you can't prove that you've been and are,  homeschooling him. You may end up losing custody of him. There are laws against truancy.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Answer 8

You could go to jail and he could go to juvie for truancy.

Unless you live in the middle of no where, where it's normal to not let your kids go to school... it's a very big possibility.

...good luck.

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Answer 9

In a word Yes.

You can have him removed from your custody. Child social services can be called and they can have the legal right to take him out of your home. You have been lucky so far.

  If he does not want to go to school you can home school him. You have every legal right to do that. Contact HSLDA.com immediately.  

You can teach him at home. There are hundreds of options for parents. Do some research online.

Answer 10

Oh yeah!!!! But if he's had some kind of learning since then maybe you won't get jail. It is a serious offense though. If the reason he is needed at home is because of a parent's illness then there are exceptions. I'm not sure what they are but that also depends on what state you live in. If he's been enrolled in school before I am surprised that the school has not contacted you.

Answer 11

in order to cya, you should begin some kind of curriculum with him so that you can at least say that you've been homeschooling him. even though this is your right, you still have to have permission in order to do this. have your ducks lined up before you put yourself in any position to have to face your school district. talk to someone in legal aid and let them know your problem. I wish you the best of luck!

Answer 12

Yes, you are contributing to the delinquency of a minor. You could pay a big fine and even go to jail. What is wrong with you? How can your son find a job if he is illiterate? You have severely handicapped him.

Answer 13

yeah - a shitload

Answer 14

Whether you might get into trouble or not depends where you live and on the local attitudes and culture etc.

In the US (apparently), you could get into a whole heap of trouble and your son too! In my country, things are different and the only person with whom kids are ever likely to get into trouble for truanting is their mum! So, as I said, it depends very much where you live.

No, you do not need anyone's permission to homeschool your son (despite what the earlier poster [wrongly] said) but you should have had his name removed from the school register when he stopped going.

I'd reconsider exactly why you feel he's 'needed' at home though. Needed...for what? How will you cope if in a few months time, at 16 (or 15 here), he decides to moves out? Then what?

Answer 15

Mmmmm, he has been out a full year and part of another year and you are just now starting to ask if you could get into trouble?

In most states, even if he has filled every waking minute of his day in educational pursuits with great success, you can still get into big trouble if you have not gone through the legal hoops. In our state, you must submit a form every summer by August 15th to legally homeschool. No form and the student is truant. There are also testing requirements. If the student misses the annual test, there is trouble (truancy). He can get into legal trouble in either case and both parents definitely will.

You need to research the legalities of your own state since the laws will vary. If you are lucky enough to live in a state where you have not already broken the law, you better still get on track from here! Make sure your son is getting an outstanding education! There is more at stake than the legalities. Your son's respect for you as a responsible parent and his ability to meet the needs of his own future family needs to be the most important thing to you.