In the ted States,all children must go to school until the age of sixteen.However,in some states,like Hawaii,Utah,and Washington,children must attend school until the age of eighteen! A child cannot miss school without an acceptable excuse.There are laws about this. Illness,a death in the family,or an emergency is an acceptable excuse for missing a class or a whole day.schools are very serious about school attendance.There are laws that make the parents accountable if their children miss school.Parents can go to jail or pay a fine.In Colorado,a fifteen-year-old girl went to jail for a month because she missed forty-three day of school and was late nineteen times.Her parents also went to jail for ten days and paid a fine of $300.