July 8, 2005
Senate Bill Extending Compulsory Attendance Requirement Dies
As reported in the May/June issue of The Home School Court Report, Home School Legal Defense Association tracked six bills being considered by the Mississippi Legislature this year to make changes in the compulsory school attendance ages. We reported that five of those bills had died in committee, but that Senate Bill 2312 was still alive at press time. This bill is now dead. After first receiving approval by the Senate on February 2, 2005 it failed to make any progress in the House Education Committee where it was referred after the Senate vote.
This bill would have raised the compulsory attendance age by requiring a child who turned 17 during the school year to continue to attend school for the remainder of the school year. Current law requires a student who becomes 17 years old on or after September 1 to remain in school only until the end of the calendar year, December 31. This bill would have required such students to remain in school until the end of the school year, usually the following June.
Home School Legal Defense Association will continue to oppose any legislation expanding state control over education.
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