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Under the current state of law, students who attend private schools have very little opportunity to contest their suspensions or expulsions. This article deals with the legal rights of students who attend public schools. Emancipation is a process by which a child under the age of 18 reaches at least some level of legal adulthood. There are two sides to emancipation: (1) the ending of parental responsibilities to a minor child and (2) the transfer of rights and responsibilities of adulthood to a minor child. Pennsylvania requires every child of mandatory school age to attend school. Mandatory school age begins when the child's parents or guardians choose to have the child begin school, which cannot be later than eight (8) years old until the age of seventeen (17) years old. It does not include any child who holds a certificate of graduation from a regularly accredited senior high school. Your child's teacher notices that your child is having difficulty reading. Maybe he or she is also a discipline problem or, on the other hand, maybe your child has always learned faster than other children and is bored with school.
Rights in Suspension and Expulsion
Education Law/Emancipation
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Emancipation
Education Law/Emancipation
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School Attendance and Truancy
Education Law/Emancipation
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Rights of Gifted/Handicapped/Special Education Children
Education Law/Emancipation
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