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Raise drop-out age to 18, chief says
Posted 12/17/12
GREAT FALLS — Office of Public Instruction Superintendent Denise Juneau wants to raise the dropout age in Montana from 16 to 18 and increase funding for Montana Digital Academy so that more students can access online courses without having to pay.
Those are some of the plans for an ambitious legislative agenda Juneau unveiled Thursday to education supporters in Great Falls.
She says that 65 percent of schools in Montana have signed on to her Graduation Matters initiative launched two years ago in an effort to improve graduation rates. The measure failed in 2011 but she says she hopes more people back the program now.