Also self explanatory. This bill increases the age requirement for compulsory school attendance in Delaware from 16 to 18 years of age. The age increase is phased in over a two-year period; accordingly, there is a one-year interim period where the compulsory school attendance age requirement will be 17 years old. A child will be exempt from the age requirement if the child has received a high school diploma or a certificate of performance or obtains permission to withdraw from school from the superintendent of his school district. Also, a child may be excused from compulsory attendance upon request of the child’s parent or legal guardian coupled with supporting written documentation from a qualified health professional.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
UPDATED: 6/8/2017
SPONSORS: Heffernan, Bolden, Dukes, Henry, J.Johnson, Q.Johnson, Keeley, Longhurst, McDowell, Mitchell, Sokola
YES VOTES: 0
NO VOTES: 0
HISTORY: Reassigned to the House Appropriations Committee.
STATUS: In Committee again.
And so common sense did rear it’s head in Delaware, and in of all places the general assembly. This should have been law decades ago.
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