AZ HB2081

Increases the compulsory school attendance age from 16 to 18 years old, requiring children "at least six and under eighteen years of age" to attend school instead of the previous "between the ages of six and sixteen"

Raises the minimum age for obtaining a high school equivalency diploma from 16 to 18 years old, with the state board of education unable to require a minimum age older than 18 for taking equivalency tests

Updates employment exemptions from compulsory attendance to require children be "at least sixteen years of age" (rather than "over fourteen") to work instead of attending school with parental consent

Modifies attendance officer enforcement authority to apply to children "who are at least six and under eighteen years of age" for school attendance, employment law violations, and related statutes

Changes the definition of "truant child" to include children up to age 18 who are absent from public or private school during school hours without valid excuse