They can charge an adult who is old enough to leave school, with truancy?
Orwellian.
I think Maryland requires school attendance until 18.
A couple of our home schooled kids were essentially done by 16 and doing community college classes. We weren’t too worried about the truancy laws but were familiar with them.
Frankly, having truancy laws up to age 18 is stupid. By 16, the losers who clearly don’t want school already know it and are an impediment to the actual students, thus should be allowed to leave or expelled.