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The House voted for maintaining an existing child-support law age limit of 21 when it rejected Democratic Representative Jeanette Oxford's amendment.
Oxford's amendment proposed requiring parents pay child support for their teens in college after they turn 21.
Republican Representative Tim Flook says the amendment involves too much government intervention.
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| Description: A lot of us think that's government intervention in a private decision of families about an adult child. A lot of us believe that that's creating a sense of entitlement, a sense of dependency on government on the issue of higher education. |
Flook says the existing age of 21 encourages teens to graduate on time and become self-sufficient.
Reporting from Jefferson City, I'm Rebecca Layne ... KSMU.
Parents won't have to pay child support for their child attending college after he or she turns 21 because Democratic Representative Jeanette Oxford's amendment was rejected.
Opponent Republican Representative Bryan Stevenson says messing with the age limit could mess up the bill.
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| Description: It used to be 22, but there was a push last year to roll it back to 18. After a lot of hot debate and discussion on this topic, it was rolled back to age 21. I think if we go messing with this again, we're as likely to wind up with age 18 as age 22. |
The House rejected the amendment with a vocal "no."
Reporting from Jefferson City, I'm Rebecca Layne ... KSMU.