Senate Bill 60: An Act to Change the Compulsory Attendance Age

Authors:
Jackson, Lester 2nd, Brown, Robert 26th, Jones, Emanuel 10th, Sims, Freddie 12th, Ramsey, Sr., Ronald 43rd, Thompson, Curt 5th

Summary:
This bill would raise the compulsory attendance age from 16 to 16, 17, or 18 as determined by the local school district. HSLDA opposes any such expansion of state control over education.

Status:

1/28/2009

(Senate) Read and Referred

HSLDA’s Position:
This bill should be opposed.

Action requested:
None at this time.

Other Resources

Bill Text   (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)