HB 141 Summary

• Increases mandatory school attendance age from 17 to 18 years, or until graduation from high school, whichever is earlier, effective beginning the 2012-2013 school year.

• Amends Section 16-28-3 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to modify compulsory education requirements for children between ages seven and eighteen.

• Maintains existing exemptions for children attending church schools prior to their 16th birthday, provided they comply with enrollment and reporting procedures.

• Excluded from Amendment 621 requirements because expenditures are required only by school boards rather than other local governmental entities.

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval.