HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 975        FILED ON: 1/15/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 350

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Antonio F. D. Cabral

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to require school attendance up to age eighteen or until graduation.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

1/15/2013

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

 

Martin J. Walsh

13th Suffolk

1/28/2013

Denise Andrews

2nd Franklin

 

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 975        FILED ON: 1/15/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 350

By Mr. Cabral of New Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 350) of Antonio F. D. Cabral and others relative to increasing the minimum age for school dropouts.  Education.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 142 OF 2011-2012.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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An Act to require school attendance up to age eighteen or until graduation.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 1 of chapter 76 is hereby amended by striking in lines 1 through 13 all between the word “minimum” in line 1 and the word “shall” in line 13, and inserting in place thereof the following: ages of six and eighteen, having completed at least the 12th grade or whichever comes first.

SECTION 2. Section 1 of chapter 76, Section 1 is hereby amended by striking in line 14 the word “said” and inserting in place thereof the word: “His”,

SECTION 3. Effective Date. This Act shall become operative on August 1, 2015.