Senate Approves Alternative Dropout Bill

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Wednesday, the Senate voted 35-2 to approve the alternative dropout bill under which local school districts could raise the dropout age to 18. Republican Senator Jack Westwood of Erlanger said the legislation is an alternative to legislation being pushed by Democratic Governor Steve Beshear that would uniformly increase the dropout age for all school districts from 16 to 18 by 2017. The House Education Committee has already approved the Beshear proposal.