School Attendance Officers 2023-2024

County Attendance Officers

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Homeschool Laws per state provided by HSLDA

http://hslda.org/content/laws/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpm&utm_campaign=Social%20Media&utm_content=HS101Paid

Specific Mississippi Requirements

http://hslda.org/content/hs101/MS.aspx?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpm&utm_campaign=Social%20Media&utm_content=HS101Paid

It is the parent's responsibility to verify their current SAO's name and mailing address before filing your Certificate of Enrollment Form in your county.  

NOTE:  It would be wise to make and keep a copy of all your completed forms with a note showing when and where you sent them.  One form for each child is required.

http://www.mde.k12.ms.us

The Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement is responsible for ensuring that all Mississippi students are afforded the opportunity to attend school and to enforce the Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law §37-13-91 of the Mississippi Code 1972 Annotated. The law governs compulsory school attendance. It requires a parent, legal guardian, or custodian who has legal control or charge of a child aged six (6) to seventeen (17) to enroll him or her in an education program (i.e. public, private, or home school). Student enrollment must occur except under the limited circumstances specified in subsection three (3) of §37-13-91 which includes but is not limited to, sending the child to a state-approved, nonpublic, or educating the child at home in an organized educational program. July 1, 2003, the law was amended to include the following: a child, five (5) years of age, who enrolls in public kindergarten, will have to abide by the same guidelines as outlined in §37-13-91.

For MS Code 37-13-91 (see http://www.mscode.com/free/statutes/37/013/0091.htm)