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Written by Jamie Simpson, LawServer Attorney-Editor
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Last Updated November 5, 2008 |
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A New Jersey Assembly committee approved a bill recently that would require teens to stay in school until the age of 18, reports The AP. Current state laws only require that children be in school from the age of 6 to 16. The bill is an attempt to reduce high school dropout rates, although NJ currently has one of the lowest in the country. Nearly 17% of NJ high school students do not graduate, and proponents of the new measures argue that increasing the required age will reduce poverty, unemployment and incarceration rates among non-graduates. The bill follows the implementation of "The New Jersey High School Graduation Campaign" in Newark, Camden and Jersey City. The proposed measures will now be forwarded to the Assembly speaker, who has the option to post the bill for a floor vote.
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