According
to new state Department of Education figures, the rates have jumped 8.5 percent
since the fall of 2008.
In
the 2012-13 school year, data shows that 79.3 percent of high school seniors
graduated. That number is up from 2008-09 numbers of 70.8 percent.
The
improving numbers is being credited to retention and alternative education
programs in schools, as well as an anti-truancy initiative the state Supreme
Court started last year.
Supreme Court Justice Robin
Davis applauded circuit court judges Wednesday for upholding the program
that holds families accountable when kids miss too much time from school.
