Here's a list of each U.S. state's comulsory school attendance laws and the date they were implemented. ... More on State Compulsory School Attendance Laws from Infoplease:
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Are Compulsory School Attendance Laws Necessary? (Part 1): Samuel L. Blumenfeld, March 1991 ... It is assumed by the vast majority of Americans that the issue of compulsory school attendance is a settled matter, part and parcel of every civilized nation-state, and a prerequisite of a democratic society. We all acknowledge...
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Effective July 2001 students must stay in school until age 18, rather than 16, unless they graduate from high school or their parents or others having control over them personally appear at the school and sign a withdrawal form consenting to their leaving school at age 16 or 17. Students whose parents do not agree will...
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Current Bill Summary ... The bill raises the age for mandatory school attendance from sixteen to eighteen years, but any child who has graduated from high school shall be exempted from the requirement.
www.senate.mo.gov/96info/bills/SB498.htm
Starting July 1, 2001, this bill requires students to stay in school until age 18, instead of age 16, unless (1) they graduate from high school or (2) their parents or others having control over them consent to their leaving school at age 16 or 17. The student's parent or person with control over him must appear at...
www.cga.ct.gov/olr/ba2000/2000HB-05276-R010666-BA.htm
Video Session: HB 5276 An Act Concerning the Mandatory School Attendance Age. House of Representatives, Regular Session April 24, 2000; ... Objectives: Students will evaluate the legitimacy of mandatory school attendance. Students will demonstrate an understanding of school's historic role in cultivating educated...
www.ctn.state.ct.us/civics/5276/5276_activity.htm
The Democratic governor and other supporters of raising the graduation age to 18 know that simply raising the mandatory attendance age won't do much to keep students in school. ... The bills to raise the mandatory school attendance age is House Bill 4042 and Senate Bill 011.
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The 1-33 enrollment and attendance requirements of this Code 1-34 section shall not apply to any person who has completed 1-35 all high school grades or a home study program, or 1-36 received a high school diploma, a high school general -1- 2- 1 educational development (GED) equivalency diploma, a 2- 2 special diploma,
www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/1999_00/fulltext/sb360.htm
Compulsory education - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Compulsory education is education which children are required by the laws of a given state to receive. It is often closely associated with public education, that education which a state provides univ...
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Compulsory school attendance is the responsibility of every parent, guardian, or other person in the Commonwealth having control or charge of a child who will have reached their fifth (5th) birthday on or before September 30 of any school year and who has not passed their eighteenth (18th) birthday.
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