High School Dropout Age – Kentucky

House committee approves dropout bill, By Mike Wynn, January 18, 2012, Louisville Courier-Journal: “A long-debated push to raise Kentucky’s high school dropout age received a green light from the House Education Committee Tuesday and now heads to the House floor, where lawmakers expect it to win approval. House Bill 216 – approved 21-1, with one member passing – would increase the dropout age from 16 to 17 by July 2016 and raise the age to 18 one year later, changing a provision that has been in place since the 1920s. The bill’s lead sponsor, Rep. Jeff Greer, D-Brandenburg, has pushed for the change during the past two legislative sessions. He said Tuesday that raising the dropout age will keep students on the path to long-term success and promote a more competent workforce to grow the state’s economy…”