In is there a law that you have to go to school?

Answer 1

There is a law that children in the USA have to go until they graduate high school, or turn 18, which ever comes first. It was passed during the Great Depression, as a way of getting children out of the work force. A child without a high school diploma is probably going to wind up on welfare, or poor, unable to support themselves. If there were no such law, in today's economy, a person without a high school diploma is at a severe disadvantage and is probably not going to get a job that pays a living wage.