N.C., MD.: Dropouts
Faced with a rising number of dropouts, North Carolina and Maryland want to raise the age of mandatory school attendance from 16 to 18, according to the Feb. 8 Raleigh News-Observer and the Feb. 11 Baltimore Sun. In North Carolina, the number of dropouts increased 6 percent between 2006 and 2007. Two committees of business leaders, educators and legislators have awarded dropout prevention grants and will evaluate prevention programs. In Maryland, a new state task force report says raising the dropout age to 18 would cost $200 million a year. Among the task force proposals are adding a fifth year of high school for struggling students and creating "truancy …
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