Table 151. | Ages for compulsory school attendance, special education services for students, policies for year-round schools and kindergarten programs, by state: 1997 and 2000 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Year-round schools, |Provision of kindergarten | | | 2000 |education, 2000 | Compulsory | Compulsory |________________________|___________________________________________ | attendance, | special edu- |Has policy| Has |School districts |Attendance State | 2000 | cation services| on year- | districts |required to offer |required | | 1997\1\ | round | with year- |_________________________|_________________ | | | schools |round schools|Half day |Full day |Half day|Full day ______________________|_____________|_________________|__________|_____________|____________|____________|________|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 ______________________|_____________|_________________|__________|_____________|____________|____________|________|________ Alabama ..............| 7 to 16 | 6 to 21 | | X | | X | | X Alaska................| 7 to 16 | 3 to 22 | | X | | | | Arizona ..............|\2\ 6 to 16 | 3 to 22 | X | X | X | | X | Arkansas .............|\3\ 5 to 17 | 5 to 21 | X | X | | X | | X California ...........|\4\ 6 to 18 | Birth to 21 | X | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | Colorado .............| --- | 3 to 21 | | X | | | | Connecticut ..........| 7 to 16 | \5\ Under 21 | | | X | | | Delaware .............|\6\ 5 to 16 | 3 to 20 | | | X | | X | District of Columbia .| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Florida ..............| 6 to 18 | --- | X | X | | X | | X | | | | | | | | Georgia ..............| 6 to 16 | \5\ Under 21 | | X | | X | | Hawaii ...............| 6 to 18 | Under 20 | X | X | | X | | Idaho ................| 7 to 16 | 3 to 21 | | X | | | | Illinois .............| 7 to 16 | 3 to 21 | X | X |\7\ X | | | Indiana...............| 7 to 16 | 3 to 22 | | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | Iowa .................| \8\ 6 to 16 | Under 21 | X | X |\7\ X | | | Kansas ...............|\9\ 7 to 18 | \10\ | | | | | | Kentucky .............|\11\ 6 to 16 | Under 21 | X | X | X | | | Louisiana ............| 7 to 17 | 3 to 21 | | X | | X | | Maine ................| 7 to 17 |\12\ 5 to 19 | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | Maryland .............| 5 to 16 | Under 21 | | X | X | | X | Massachusetts ........| 6 to 16 | 3 to 21 | | | X | | | Michigan .............| 6 to 16 | Under 26 | | | | | | Minnesota ............|\13\ 7 to 18 | Under 22 | X | X |\7\ X | | | Mississippi ..........| 6 to 17 | Birth to 20 | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | Missouri..............| 7 to 16 | Under 21 | | X |\7\ X | | | Montana ..............|\14\ 7 to 16 | 3 to 18 | | | X | | | Nebraska .............| 7 to 16 | Birth to 21 | | | X | | | Nevada ...............| 7 to 17 | Under 22 | X | X | X | | | New Hampshire ........| 6 to 16 | 3 to 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey ...........| 6 to 16 | 5 to 21 | | X | | | | New Mexico ...........| 5 to 18 | (\15\) | | X | X | | X | New York .............|\16\ 6 to 16 | Under 21 | | | | | | North Carolina .......| 7 to 16 | 5 to 20 | X | X | | X | | North Dakota .........| 7 to 16 |\17\ 3 to 20 | | | |\18\ X | | | | | | | | | | Ohio .................| 6 to 18 | Under 22 | | X |\7\ X | | X | Oklahoma .............| 5 to 18 |\19\ 3 and up | X | | X | | X | Oregon ...............| 7 to 18 | 3 to 21 | | X | X | | | Pennsylvania .........| 8 to 17 | 6 to 21 | X | X | X | | | Rhode Island .........| 6 to 16 | 3 to 21 | | | X | | X | | | | | | | | | South Carolina .......| 5 to 16 | 3 to 21 | | X | | X | | X South Dakota .........| 6 to 16 | Under 21 | | | |\18\ X | | Tennessee ............| 6 to 17 | 3 to 21 | | X | X | | X | Texas ................| 6 to 18 |\20\ 3 to 21 | X | X | |\18\ X | | Utah .................| 6 to 18 | 3 to 22 | X | X | X | | X | | | | | | | | | Vermont ..............| 7 to 16 | 3 to 21 | | | |\18\ X | | Virginia .............| 5 to 18 | 2 to 21 | | X | |\18\ X | | X Washington ...........|\13\ 8 to 18 |\21\ 3 to 21 | | X | | | | West Virginia.........| 6 to 16 | 5 to 21 | X | X | | X | | X Wisconsin ............| 6 to 18 | Under 21 | | X | X | | | Wyoming ..............|\2\ 6 to 16 | 3 to 21 | | | X | | | ______________________|_____________|_________________|__________|_____________|____________|____________|________|________ |
---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; 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. (This table was prepared in May 2001.)
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