High School Dropout Age – Kentucky

General Assembly approves higher dropout age; Beshear will sign bill, By Linda B. Blackford, March 11, 2013, Lexington Herald-Leader: “Gov. Steve Beshear and first lady Jane Beshear praised the Kentucky legislature Monday for approving a bill that lets school districts raise the dropout age from 16 to 18. The Beshears have pushed the legislature to raise the dropout age for several years, following similar efforts since at least 1998…”
Legislature OKs raising legal dropout age to 18, By Roger Alford (AP), March 12, 2013, Cincinnati Enquirer: “Kentucky would join 15 other states that bar students from dropping out of school before they’re legally adults under a measure the Legislature passed Monday. The Senate voted 33-5 for final passage of the legislation that proponents say will prevent 6,000 Kentucky teens from quitting school early each year. Raising the dropout age from 16 to 18 has been a priority for Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear, who has been pushing lawmakers to take action since he took office in 2007…”