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- Introduced by Rep. Douglas Geiss (D) on January 22, 2009, to require compulsory school attendance for children up to age 18, instead of age 16 as is currently required.
- Referred to the House Education Committee on January 22, 2009.
- Reported in the House on February 17, 2009, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Substitute offered in the House on March 4, 2009, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that exempts 17 and 18 year olds whose parents or guardian have given a note of permission to school officials. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on March 4, 2009.
- Passed 71 to 37 in the House on March 4, 2009.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Received in the Senate on March 5, 2009.
- Referred to the Senate Education Committee on March 5, 2009.
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1) Re: 2009 House Bill 4030 (Raise compulsory school age to 18 ) by mommyofthree on December 24, 2009"crazy never managed to extract an education from all that "schooling."
That is the point exactly!!!
If the kids are not getting an education in the government run school program by the time they are sixteen, honestly what is two more years going to do for them? (So they won't be able to read or do simple math at 16 and 18 too, sounds like a plan huh?)
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perhaps it's time that the government ended the failed experiment that is public education and quit spending billions of our tax dollars to fund that failed experiment.
that would end the budget crisis today. problem solved.
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so whys shouldn't we have forced you to stay in high school till you were 18 instead of kicking you out at 16?
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