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This bill would lower the compulsory school attendance age from 7 to 6.
HSLDA opposes any expansion of state control over education. Parents, not state officials, are best able to determine when a child is ready for formal education.
3/01/2011 (House) Read for the first time and referred to Education Policy Committee
3/24/2011 (House) Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
4/19/2011 (House) Passed third reading
4/19/2011 (House) Collins amendment offered
4/19/2011 (House) Newton substitute amendment offered
4/19/2011 (House) Collins motion to table adopted
4/19/2011 (House) Williams substitute amendment offered
4/19/2011 (House) Collins motion to table adopted
4/19/2011 (House) Merrill motion to table lost
4/19/2011 (House) Motion to adopt adopted
4/19/2011 (House) Warren amendment offered
4/19/2011 (House) Merrill motion to table lost
4/19/2011 (House) Motion to adopt adopted
4/19/2011 (House) Williams motion to carry over until specified time tabled
4/19/2011 (House) Merrill motion to table adopted
4/19/2011 (House) Motion to read a third time and pass adopted 58-30
4/19/2011 (Senate) Read for the first time and referred to Education Committee
5/26/2011 (Senate) Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with one amendment
5/26/2011 (Senate) Pending third reading on day 27; favorably reported from Education Committee
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