Will This be the Year Kentucky Changes Dropout Rules?
By: Michael C. Fehn
Updated: January 4, 2013
Kentucky students wouldn't be permitted to drop out of high school until they're legally adults under a proposal.
Governor Steve Beshear hopes to get approval for the measure by the Legislature after they convene next week.
The second-term Democrat, who has been pushing for years to gradually raise the dropout age from 16 to 18, said he's hopeful this will be the year that it gets done.
The dropout age would be raised incrementally over a period of years to 17 and then to 18, giving both students and school districts time to adjust to the change.
Governor Steve Beshear hopes to get approval for the measure by the Legislature after they convene next week.
The second-term Democrat, who has been pushing for years to gradually raise the dropout age from 16 to 18, said he's hopeful this will be the year that it gets done.
The dropout age would be raised incrementally over a period of years to 17 and then to 18, giving both students and school districts time to adjust to the change.
