ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s high school dropout age would rise from 16 to 17 in 2015, under a measure that has passed the House of Delegates.
The House voted 88-49 for the bill on Thursday.
The age of compulsory school attendance would rise to 18 in 2017.
Maryland students can now choose to leave school when they are 16.
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Glad they are doing something about an issue much more important than reigning in spending, enacting an effective budget, and dealing with proposals to significantly reduce MD's anti-business status.
I wonder what those 49 who voted against this were not in favor of?
Why - so the students who are truly there to learn can have two more years with the dropouts who are only there until they are old enough to quit.
Two more years of schooling is not going teach the majority of potential dropouts a thing. Until parents can be made to be involved in the schooling of their children who are only in school until they can quit, than in my opinion, 16 is long enough for teachers have to baby-sit them. You see how bad test scores are now - what will happen when potential dropouts are required to attend two more years of school. Good time for the state to mandate the counties be required to pay more of the education cost. How much more monies will the counties need to add to their budgets for two more years of teaching kids who don't want to be there?
12:03 is correct. All this is going to do is cause more disruptions for the students who want to learn.
Another bone headed decision, that is no doubt going to cause major problems in the inner city schools. The teachers can't handle the 16 yr olds much less the 18 yr olds.
Amen 12:03 PM!
Some high schools are so bad this is the only saving grace for some students who
are failing. It can be traced to a negative social atmosphere which interferes with learning and success. For those who will commit to a GED class it is a way out of a declining situation. While a GED is not like a full year of high school classes it is the perfect solution for those who cannot move to better enviroment.At least they are not dropping out completely.
"Del. Eric Luedtke, D-Montgomery, referenced his own experiences as a teacher as he stood in support of the bill.
“There is no such thing as a child who does not want to succeed,” Luedtke said, adding that the bill would send a message to every child “that we believe in them.”
This is got to be a joke. Either a joke or Luedtke is so out of touch with reality that there is just no hope for him.
The situation in the schools is going to decline more when you've got 17 and 18 yr old in them who do not want to be there.
They should lower the age to 13 and start kicking out the students who are eternally disruptive. Let mom and dad homeschool them.If not, the world needs people to be ditchdiggers and litterpickeruppers too.
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