School-Aged Children: Excused Absences for Religious Reasons

In 2023, all states have compulsory schooling laws. This safeguard tracks whether states require their schools to consider as excused absences those that are for religious observance, religious instruction, or both. Checkmarks below indicate states that require schools to do so. States that only permit schools to excuse such absences or who do not mention religious reasons in their laws are indicated accordingly. (For more about data collection on excused absences for religious reasons, please see the details here.)