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Parents fail to comply with the requirement to educate their children. What is the maximum penalty they risk?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
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Des parents ne respectent pas l'obligation d'instruction pour leurs enfants. Quelle sanction maximale risquent-ils ?
Parents fail to comply with the requirement to educate their children. What is the maximum penalty they risk?
Answer. A prison sentence and a fine, up to 6 months in prison and a 7,500 euro fine, if the parents fail to enrol the child in school despite having been formally notified to do so.
Une peine de prison et une amende, jusqu'à 6 mois de prison et 7 500 euros d'amende si les parents n'inscrivent pas l'enfant à l'école malgré une mise en demeure.
Education is compulsory from age 3 to 16. Parents who refuse to enrol their child in school despite having been formally notified risk 6 months in prison and a 7,500 euro fine. If parents neglect their child's education to the point of endangering them, the penalty can go up to 2 years in prison and a 30,000 euro fine (Article 227-17 of the Criminal Code). Pick the answer choice that mentions prison and a fine.
The official text that proves it
« de ne pas l'inscrire dans un établissement d'enseignement, sans excuse valable, en dépit d'une mise en demeure de l'autorité de l'Etat compétente en matière d'éducation, est puni de six mois d'emprisonnement et de 7 500 euros d'amende. »
failing to enrol the child in an educational establishment, without a valid excuse, despite formal notice from the competent state authority for education, is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a 7,500 euro fine.
In French, with its English meaning.
To be confirmed against the four options shown on exam day, which the ministry does not publish.
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