State Says Raising Dropout Age Shows Fewer Leave School

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State Says Raising Dropout Age Shows Fewer Leave School

West Virginia's state superintendent said Tuesday that fewer 16-year-old students dropped out of high school after the compulsory attendance age was raised to 17, but hundreds still stopped going to class ... Among other things, each class of dropouts costs West Virginians more than $55 million in lifetime health care costs, according to The Alliance for Excellent Education.