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Every parent, tutor, or guardian having charge of a minor under sixteen (16) years of age shall cause such minor to be instructed in a public or private school and to attend regularly such school during the period of each year the public schools of the Commonwealth are in session, on the customary days and during the regular hours of the school term. History —May 12, 1942, No. 230, p. 1298, § 20, renumbered as § 21 on Aug. 26, 2005, No. 87, § 2.