West Virginia Code Chapter 18. Education § 18-8-1a. Commencement and termination of compulsory school attendance;  public school entrance requirements;  exceptions

(1) A child may be removed from such kindergarten program when the principal, teacher and parent or guardian concur that the best interest of the child would not be served by requiring further attendance:  Provided, That the principal shall make the final determination with regard to compulsory school attendance in a publicly supported kindergarten program.

(2) The compulsory school attendance provision of this article shall be enforced against a person eighteen years of age or older for as long as the person continues to be enrolled in a school system and may not be enforced against the parent, guardian or custodian of the person.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section one of this article, compulsory school attendance begins with the school year in which the sixth birthday is reached prior to September 1 of such year or upon enrolling in a publicly supported kindergarten program and continues to the seventeenth birthday or for as long as the student continues to be enrolled in a school system after the seventeenth birthday:  Provided, That beginning in the school year 2019-2020, compulsory school attendance begins with the school year in which the sixth birthday is reached prior to July 1 of such year or upon enrolling in a publicly supported kindergarten program.

(1) Successfully completed such publicly or privately supported, state-approved kindergarten program or Montessori kindergarten program;  or

(2) Successfully completed an entrance test of basic readiness skills approved by the county in which the school is located.  The test may be administered in lieu of kindergarten attendance only under extraordinary circumstances to be determined by the county board.