Guam § 6102 - Duty to Send Children to School.
Full text of Guam Guam Code Annotated § 6102 — Duty to Send Children to School., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 6102. Duty to Send Children to School.
(a) Any parent, guardian or other person having control or charge of any child who is at least five (5)
years of age and has not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, not exempted under the provisions of this
Article, shall send the child to a public or private full-time day school for the full-time of which such schools
are in session, except that the starting date of school for children five (5) years of age shall be determined
by the provisions of §§ 6103 and 6107 of this Article.
(b) A student is exempted from the upper age requirement if the student graduates or obtains a General
Educational Development (GED), prior to eighteen (18) years of age.
(c) The Superintendent is authorized to establish attendance areas.
(d) Any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of any such child who is at least
five (5) years of age, and has not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, who fails to comply with the
provisions of this Section, unless excused or exempted therefrom, is guilty of a violation for the first offense,
and subject to perform one hundred (100) hours of community service at the school of the student. For each
subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 6102 ("Duty to Send Children to School.") is part of the Guam Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Guam. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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