Well, for one if they have more than 2 children, they get released.
If they have emotions and color and whatever, they get released. (That is if you watch the movie.)
If they do anything weird that would make the society look bad, they get released. (After all, it is a perfect society.)
Another one, if the parents have twins, the heavier one gets to live, while the other one gets "Released" or (!Spoiler Alert!) gets injected with some chemical that kills the kid or person that gets released.
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In "The Giver," individuals are released if they are deemed unfit to serve society due to illness or injury, if they express a strong desire to leave the community, or as a form of punishment for breaking rules.
the people like pilot Roberto and well yea that's what i now of only read like 8 chapters