Washington is the only state in the nation that doesn't require kids to go to school until age 8 — but that could change this year.
Washington is the only state in the nation that doesn't require kids to go to school until age 8 — but that could change this year.in Washington's Legislature would lower the state's compulsory age for school attendance from 8 to 6.
With few exceptions, parents of kids not in public or private school would need to document they are offering robust homeschooling by age 6.More than half of U.S. states — 26 — require students to start school by age 6, according to theLisa Wellman , who chairs the state Senate's education committee and is sponsoring the measure, said Washington has been pushing to get all students proficient in reading by third grade, a milestone viewed as critical to their academic success.
But that's a hard goal to reach if students aren't required to go to school until they're already the age of a typical third grader, she said.commissioned by the Annie E. Casey Foundation found that students who didn't read proficiently by third grade were four times as likely to fail to graduate high school on time.
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