Alberta minimum dropout age to go up
Posted Nov 3, 2010 8:19 am.
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The province is looking at ways to get more high school students to finish school.
That’s why it’s considering hiking the minimum dropout age from 16-years-old to 17.
That would force most students to stay in school into their grade 12 year.
Education Minister Dave Hancock says he expects to introduce the change in the spring sitting of the legislature.
The new rules would still make exceptions for students who earn enough credits to graduate early.
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