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Massachusetts considers raising school dropout age


By: Justin Rheingold

The Massachusetts legislature is considering legislation that would increase the mandatory school attendance age from 16 to 18 in an effort to reduce the state’s dropout rate.

“The purpose of the bill is to reduce the dropout rate in the Commonweal…