House Bill 525: Increasing Compulsory School Attendance Age

Author:
Rep. Cecil Brown

Summary:
This bill would raise the compulsory attendance age from 17 to 18.

Status:

1/13/2009		(House) Referred To Education
1/28/2009		(House) Title Sufficient, Do Pass Committee Substitute
2/9/2009		(House) Committee Substitute Adopted
2/9/2009		(House) Passed
2/11/2009		(House) Transmitted To Senate
2/11/2009		(Senate) Referred To Education
2/24/2009		(Senate) Title Sufficient, Do Pass As Amended
3/4/2009		(Senate) Amended
3/4/2009		(Senate) Passed as amended
3/4/2009		(House) Returned for concurrence
3/12/2009		(House) Decline to concur/invite conference
3/16/2009		(House) Conferees named Brown, Holloway, Walley
3/16/2009		(Senate) Conferees named Carmichael, Flowers, McDaniel
3/24/2009		(House) Conference Report filed
3/24/2009		(Senate) Conference Report filed
3/25/2009		(House) Conference Report adopted
3/26/2009		(Senate) Conference Report adopted
3/27/2009		(Senate) Motion to reconsider entered
3/31/2009		(Senate) Motion to reconsider tabled
4/1/2009		(House) Enrolled bill signed
4/2/2009		(Senate) Enrolled bill signed
4/7/2009		Due From Governor 4/13/09

Action Requested:
None at this time.

HSLDA’s Position:
This bill should be opposed.

Other Resources

Bill Text    (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)