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AZ SB1494
Bill
Status
2/1/2017
Primary Sponsor
Juan Mendez
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AI Summary
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Increases the compulsory school attendance age from 16 to 18 years old for Arizona children.
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Modifies eligibility requirements for high school equivalency diplomas, changing minimum age requirement from 16 to 18 years old.
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Extends school attendance requirements to children "who is at least six and under eighteen years of age" rather than the previous "between the ages of six and sixteen."
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Applies updated age requirements to truancy laws, habitual truancy definitions, and attendance officer enforcement powers.
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Amends multiple sections of Arizona Revised Statutes (15-702, 15-802, 15-803, 15-805) to implement the new compulsory attendance age across school attendance, employment, and truancy provisions.
Legislative Description
Schools; compulsory attendance age; increase.
Education
Last Action
Senate read second time
2/2/2017