in the United States, all children must go to school until the age ol teen. However, in some states, like Hawall, Utah, and children must attend school until the age of eighteen! A child cannot Washington. chool without an acceptable excuse. There are laws about this. Illness. a death in the family, or an emergency s an accept excuse missing a class or a whole day. Schools are very serious about school There are laws that make the parents accountable attendance. ther children mi school. Parents can go to lall or pay a fine. In Colorado a year-old girl went to jail for a month because she missed forty- three days of school and was late nineteen times. Her parents also went to jail for ten days and pald a fine of $300