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| Table 148. | Age range for compulsory school attendance, special education services, year-round schools, and kindergarten programs, by state: 1997, 2000, and 2002 |
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| | | | Year-round schools, | Provision of kindergarten
| | | Compulsory| 2002 | education, 2002
| Compulsory| Compulsory| special |________________________|_________________
State | attendance| attendance| education|Has policy| Has | School districts|
| 2000 | 2002| services, | on year- | districts |required to offer|Attendance
| | | 1997\1\ | round | with year- |_________________| required
| | | | schools |round schools| Half| Full|
______________________|____________|___________|_______________|__________|_____________|________|________|___________
1 | 2 | 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9
______________________|____________|___________|_______________|__________|_____________|________|________|___________
Alabama ..............| 7 to 16 | 7 to 16 | 6 to 21 | | X | | X | X
Alaska ...............| 7 to 16 | 7 to 16 | 3 to 22 | | X | | | ---
Arizona ..............|\2\ 6 to 16 |\2\6 to 16 | 3 to 22 | --- | | X | | ---
Arkansas .............|\3\ 5 to 17 |\3\5 to 17 | 5 to 21 | X | X | | X | X
California ...........|\4\ 6 to 18 | 6 to 18 | Birth to 21 | X | X | X | |
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Colorado .............| --- | --- | 3 to 21 | --- | | | | ---
Connecticut ..........| 7 to 16 |\5\7 to 18 |\6\ Under 21 | | | X | |
Delaware .............|\7\ 5 to 16 |\7\5 to 16 | 3 to 20 | | X | X | | X
District of Columbia .| --- | 5 to 18 | --- | --- | | | |
Florida ..............|\8\ 6 to 16 |\8\6 to 16 | --- | X | X | | X |
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Georgia ..............| 6 to 16 | 6 to 16 |\6\ Under 21 | | X | | X |
Hawaii ...............| 6 to 18 | 6 to 18 | Under 20 | X | X | | X |
Idaho ................| 7 to 16 | 7 to 16 | 3 to 21 | | X | | |
Illinois .............| 7 to 16 | 7 to 16 | 3 to 21 | X | X | | |
Indiana ..............| 7 to 16 | 7 to 16 | 3 to 22 | | X | X | |
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Iowa .................| \9 6 to 16 | \96 to 16 | Under 21 | X | X | X | |
Kansas ...............|\10 7 to 18 |\5\7 to 18 | (\11\) | | | | | ---
Kentucky .............|\12 6 to 16 |\126 to 16 | Under 21 | X | X | X | | X
Louisiana ............| 7 to 17 | 7 to 17 | 3 to 21 | | X | X | |
Maine ................| 7 to 17 | 7 to 17 |\13\ 5 to 19 | | X | --- | --- |
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Maryland .............| 5 to 16 | 5 to 16 | Under 21 | | X | X | | X
Massachusetts ........| 6 to 16 | 6 to 16 | 3 to 21 | | | X | |
Michigan .............| 6 to 16 | 6 to 16 | Under 26 | X | X | X | |
Minnesota ............|\5\ 7 to 18 | 7 to 16 | Under 22 | X | X | X | |
Mississippi ..........| 6 to 17 | 6 to 17 | Birth to 20 | | X | | X |
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Missouri .............| 7 to 16 | 7 to 16 | Under 21 | | X | X | |
Montana ..............|\14 7 to 16 |\147 to 16 | 3 to 18 | | | X | |
Nebraska .............| 7 to 16 | 7 to 16 | Birth to 21 | | |\15\ X | |
Nevada ...............| 7 to 17 | 7 to 17 | Under 22 | X | X | X | |
New Hampshire ........| 6 to 16 | 6 to 16 | 3 to 21 | | | | | ---
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New Jersey ...........| 6 to 16 | 6 to 16 | 5 to 21 | --- | X | | | ---
New Mexico ...........| 5 to 18 | 5 to 18 | (\16\) | X | X | X | | X
New York .............|\17 6 to 16 | 6 to 16 | Under 21 | --- | | |\18\ X |
North Carolina .......| 7 to 16 | 7 to 16 | 5 to 20 | X | X | |\18\ X |
North Dakota .........| 7 to 16 | 7 to 16 |\19\ 3 to 20 | | | | |
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Ohio .................| 6 to 18 | 6 to 18 | Under 22 | | X | X | | X
Oklahoma .............| 5 to 18 | 5 to 18 |\20\ 3 and up| X | X |\15\ X | | X
Oregon ...............| 7 to 18 | 7 to 18 | 3 to 21 | X | X | X | |
Pennsylvania .........| 8 to 17 | 8 to 17 | 6 to 21 | X | X | X | |
Rhode Island .........| 6 to 16 | 6 to 16 | 3 to 21 | | | X | | X
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South Carolina .......| 5 to 16 | 5 to 16 | 3 to 21 | | | | X | X
South Dakota .........| 6 to 16 | 6 to 16 | Under 21 | | |\21\ X | |
Tennessee ............| 6 to 17 | 6 to 17 | 3 to 21 | | X | X | | X
Texas ................| 6 to 18 | 6 to 18 |\22\ 3 to 21 | X | X | | X |
Utah .................| 6 to 18 | 6 to 18 | 3 to 22 | X | X | | | ---
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Vermont ..............| 7 to 16 | 6 to 16 | 3 to 21 | --- | | X | |
Virginia .............| 5 to 18 | 5 to 18 | 2 to 21 | | X |\15\ X | |
Washington ...........|\5\ 8 to 17 |\5\8 to 17 |\23\ 3 to 21 | | X | X | |
West Virginia ........| 6 to 16 | 6 to 16 | 5 to 21 | X | X | | X |
Wisconsin ............| 6 to 18 | 6 to 18 | Under 21 | | X | X | |
Wyoming ..............|\2\ 6 to 16 |\2\6 to 16 | 3 to 21 | | | X | |
______________________|____________|___________|_______________|__________|_____________|________|________|__________
X State has program. |
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X State has program. ---Not available. NOTE: The Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA) Amendments of 1986 make it mandatory for all states receiving EHA funds to serve all 3- to 18-year-old disabled children. SOURCE: Council of Chief State School Officers, Key State Education Policies on K-12 Education: 2000 and 2002; Education Commission of the States, Clearinghouse Notes, August 1997; California Department of Education, Safe Schools and Violence Prevention Office, School Attendance Review Boards, Feb. 2001; School District of Manatee County Policy and Procedure Manual Chapter 5 - Students. Retrieved on May 4, 2005 from the School District of Manatee County http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/manatee/policy_procedure/table_noframes.html. (This table was prepared May 2005.)
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