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SB 0343 - Education; mandatory education for children from 16 to 17; raise age

Tracking Level: Watch
Sponsor: Lester Jackson
Last Action: 2/3/2020 - Senate Read and Referred
Senate Committee: Education and Youth
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Staff Analysis of the Legislation

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SUMMARY:

LC 49 0087

Would require that all children attend public, private, or a home school program until at least their seventeenth birthday (raising from sixteen). Attendance would not be required if a child has successfully completed all requirements for a high school program 

 

EFFECTIVE DATE:

July 1, 2020, if passed. 


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