Age requirements for school.

• Position: TRENDS AND TRANSITIONS - Brief article

When to require school attendance is an ongoing debate as states address school reform. Each state sets the minimum and maximum age of students who must be attending school or some equivalent education program. Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, South Dakota and Virginia allow the minimum age to be older by at least one year if parents obtain waivers from their assigned schools.

Children in Arizona, Vermont and Wyoming who have completed 10th grade no longer are required to go to school. And nearly half the states allow children age 14 to 18 to be exempt from attendance requirements if they meet one or more of the following...