HC Deb 14 November 1928 vol 222 cc913-4W
Sir C. TREVELYAN

asked the President of the Board of Education the number and the names of the states in the United States and Germany and of the cantons in Switzerland where the school-leaving age is 15 or higher?

Lord E. PERCY

The following is the reply to the right hon. Gentleman's question:

United States of America:

In the Federal District and in the following States of the Union the school-leaving age is 15 or higher:

Alabama. Illinois.
Arizona. Indiana.
Arkansas. Iowa.
California. Kansas.
Colorado. Kentucky.
Connecticut. Maine.
Delaware. Maryland.
Florida. Massachusetts.
Idaho. Michigan.

Minnesota. Oregon.
Missouri. Pennsylvania.
Montana. Rhode Island.
Nebraska. South Dakota.
Navada. Tennessee.
New Hampshire. Utah.
New Jersey. Vermont.
New Mexico. Washington.
New York. West Virginia.
North Dakota. Wisconsin.
Ohio. Wyoming.
Oklahoma.

Germany:

I have not complete or up-to-date information, but, so far as I am aware, in no State in Germany is the leaving age as high as 15 years.

Switzerland:

The school-leaving age is 15 or higher in the following 10 cantons:

Aargau. Grisons.
Appenzell a-Rh. Solothurn.
Bern. Thurgau.
Fribourg. Vaud.
Geneva. Valois.