N.Y. EDN Law § 3205

§ 3205. Attendance of minors upon full time day instruction. 1. a. In\neach school district of the state, each minor from six to sixteen years\nof age shall attend upon full time instruction.\n b. Each minor from six to sixteen years of age on an Indian\nreservation shall attend upon full time day instruction.\n c. For purposes of this article, a minor who becomes six years of age\non or before the first of December in any school year shall be required\nto attend upon full time instruction from the first day that the\nappropriate public schools are in session in September of such school\nyear, and a minor who becomes six years of age after the first of\nDecember in any school year shall be required to attend upon full time\ninstruction from the first day of session in the following September;\nand, except as otherwise provided in subdivision three of this section,\nshall be required to remain in attendance until the last day of session\nin the school year in which the minor becomes sixteen years of age.\n 2. Exceptions. a. A minor who has completed a four-year high school\ncourse of study shall not be subject to the provisions of part one of\nthis article in respect to required attendance upon instruction.\n b. A minor for whom application for a full-time employment certificate\nhas been made and who is eligible therefor may, though unemployed, be\npermitted to attend part time school not less than twenty hours per week\ninstead of full time school.\n c. The board of education of every school district within the state is\nhereby authorized to require minors who are five years of age on or\nbefore December first to attend kindergarten instruction. However, the\nprovisions of this paragraph shall not apply to:\n (i) Minors whose parents elect not to enroll their children in school\nuntil the following September.\n (ii) Students enrolled in non-public schools or in home instruction.\n 3. In each school district, the board of education shall have power to\nrequire minors from sixteen to seventeen years of age who are not\nemployed to attend upon full time day instruction until the last day of\nsession in the school year in which the student becomes seventeen years\nof age.\n