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  • Quinn to ask Illinois Legislature to raise drop-out age to 18

    01/27/2012 7:39:18 PM PST · by re_tail20 · 26 replies
    Chicago Sun-Times ^ | January 27, 2012 | Lynn Sweet
    Gov. Pat Quinn--following on President Barack Obama's Tuesday call to raise the dropout age--will ask the Illinois legislature next week to boost the age students have to stay in school from 17 to 18. "I like the fact that the president said kids have to stay in school until they are 18. Jobs follow brainpower. We have to understand that investing in education, including community colleges, is the key to a nimble economy," Quinn said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Friday morning. Quinn's office said in a Friday release he will propose hiking the drop-out age this year in his...