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AZ SB1494

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/1/2017

Primary Sponsor

Juan Mendez

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-third Legislature - First Regular Session (2017)

AI Summary

  • Increases the compulsory school attendance age from 16 to 18 years old for Arizona children.

  • Modifies eligibility requirements for high school equivalency diplomas, changing minimum age requirement from 16 to 18 years old.

  • 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."

  • Applies updated age requirements to truancy laws, habitual truancy definitions, and attendance officer enforcement powers.

  • 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

Full Bill Text

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