Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Assembly Bill 375: Raising Upper Age Limit of Compulsory School Attendance

Please be aware of this bill...the salient point being that this bill raises the requirement for compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years of age, except for students who graduate from high school prior to their 17th birthday.

Status:
1/8/2008
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
5/12/2008
This bill was voted out of the Education Committee and referred to the Appropriations committee.

For a more complete background and action being requested go to:

http://www.hslda.org/Legislation/State/nj/2008/NJAB375/default.asp

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