Tag Archives: compulsory attendence
Illinois Lawmakers Want Your Children
Back in 2012-2013, Illinois State Senator Kimberly Lightford (D-Chicago) introduced legislation to lower the mandatory age for school attendance in Illinois from 7 to 5 years-of-age. Springfield lawmakers eventually compromised, passing a bill to make mandatory school age at age six.
This year, Illinois Senator Lightford is taking another shot at lowering the school age to five with SB 2075. In other words, she believes the state knows best about how early our children should be subjected to formal education, or in many cases, the indoctrination process. There is absolutely no reason for the government to usurp our God-given …
Illinois Lawmakers Propose Another Year of Indoctrination
On January 24th, in his State of the Union Speech, President Barack Obama told the states to raise the compulsory age of schooling to 18. State Senator Kimberly Lightford (D-Chicago) went right to work. On February 1st she introduced a bill to raise the mandatory age for school attendance in Illinois from 17 to 18 years of age. The President said in his speech, “We … know that when students aren’t allowed to walk away from their education, more of them walk the stage to get their diploma. So tonight, I call on every state to require that all students …
