The proposal on the table (HB 1612) at last week’s state house education committee was to lower the age for compulsory schooling to 17 from 18. I spoke in favor of the proposal, which doesn’t go far enough. Sadly, NH does not offer any form of emancipation to young people under eighteen.
Here’s video of the full hearing:
18 is the age NH looks at as an adult. Most states are that way.
@Jumping Jacks: Only 18 states require that students must be in school until eighteen. Last I checked, 18 is not a majority of 50. Eight more allow students to withdraw at seventeen. The rest (24, in case you can’t count) allow it at sixteen. (those numbers are a few years out of date, so it’s hypothetically possible that they are off by one or two states in either direction, but not enough to matter) The age in New Hampshire only became eighteen in 2009, so this is not some long-standing law; it’s a recent change that was made for no… Read more »
Bernard supports this bill. Well whoop-dee-fucking-do.
You do realize absolutely no one in that committee gives a shit what you think about this or any other subject – no one.
Flint – All schools want you to graduate. Exceptions are parents signing the child out of school or graduating at age 17. The rest of your ranting means absolutely nothing. Just personal attacks that do not support your child like statements.
@Jumping Jacks: Actually, schools don’t give a hoot whether students graduate or not. They’re only there to suck at the public trough and do the bare minimum necessary to not be fired.
You apparently can’t even grasp what’s being discussed, if you dismiss it as “ranting.” As usual, your opinion is based upon complete and total ignorance (like thinking that 18 is a majority of 50 – public school taught you well, eh?).