Requiring school from 5 to 18

Compulsory education laws should be repealed argues Republican Paul Mosley, a first-year Arizona legislator and the father of seven. People used to see education as a privilege, he told the Arizona Capitol Times. “Now we basically force it down everybody’s throats. . . . the kids who don’t want to be there are a larger distraction to the kids who do want to be there.”

Rep. Paul Mosley on lawmaker cousins and repealing compulsory education

Freshman Republican Rep. Paul Mosley of Lake Havasu City has a big family. Besides his wife and large crop of children, he says he is related to everyone in the Legislature.