Statutes | Kalispel Tribe Law and Order Code Chapter 9 § 9-2 § 9-2.04 | 2020
(1) All parents, guardians or persons having legal custody residing within the Kalispel Indian Reservation of any child five (5) years of age and under eighteen (18) years of age shall cause such child to attend the public school full time, when such school may be in session unless:
(A) The child is attending an approved private school for the same time or is enrolled in an extension program,
(B) The child is receiving home-based instruction,
(C) The child is attending an education center,
(D) The school district superintendent of the district in which the child resides shall have excused such child from attendance because the child is physically or mentally unable to attend school, is attending a residential school operated by the department of social and health services, is incarcerated in an adult correctional facility, or has been temporarily excused upon the request of his or her parents for purposes agreed upon by the school authorities and the parent: PROVIDED, that such excused absences shall not be permitted if deemed to cause a serious adverse effect upon the students educational progress or
(E) The child is sixteen (16) years of age or older and:
(i) The child is regularly and lawfully employed and either the parent agrees that the child should not be required to attend school or the child is emancipated
(ii) The child has already met graduation requirements in accordance with state board of education rules and regulations or
(iii) The child has received a certificate of educational competence under rules and regulations established by the state board of education
(2) Instruction shall be home-based if it consists of planned and supervised instructional and related educational activities, including a curriculum and instruction in the basic skills of occupational education, science, mathematics, language, social studies, history, health, reading, writing, spelling, and the development of an appreciation of art and music, provided for a number of hours equivalent to the total annual program hours per grade level established for approved private schools and if such activities are:
(A) Provided by a parent who is instructing his or her child only and are supervised by a certificated person. For purposes of this section, "supervised by a certificated person" means: The planning by the certificated person and the parent of objectives consistent with this subsection a minimum each month of an average of one contact hour per week with the child being supervised by the certificated person and evaluation of such childs progress by the certificated person. The number of children supervised by the certificated person shall not exceed thirty for the purposes of this subsection or
(B) Provided by a parent who is instructing his or her child only and who has either earned forty-five college level quarter credit hours or its equivalent in semester hours or has completed a course in home-based instruction at a post secondary institution or a vocational-technical institute or
(C) Provided by a parent who is deemed qualified to provide home-based instruction by the superintendent of the local school district in which the child resides.