Anti-dropout bill graduates from Statehouse | IndyStar.com
Anti-dropout bill graduates from Statehouse | IndyStar.com
Starting next year, Indiana high schools would aggressively try to reduce the number of dropouts under new requirements that sailed through the Senate on Wednesday.
House Bill 1347, which needs the governor's signature to become law, would require schools to identify and counsel the students most at risk of quitting. Schools would note the rate at which children skip class, along with other warning signs, in annual reports published in local newspapers.
The bill also would limit the reasons students under 18 can quit to financial troubles, illness or another motive approved by a judge.
The proposal, which had passed the Indiana House unanimously, was approved by the Senate 49-1. Supporters call it one of the most aggressive anti-dropout strategies in the nation.
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