BLOOMSBURG, Pa.—A Columbia County teen is boycotting her prom because school officials say she can't bring a dropout as her date.

Seventeen-year-old Ashley Klugh says she and 18-year-old boyfriend Kody Cragle have been planning for months to go to Saturday's formal. Klugh is even on the prom committee at Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School.

But the couple says they just found out last week about the no-dropout rule.

Cragle left school in ninth grade. He has been working on a maintenance crew and taking classes toward his GED.

School director Cosmas Curry says the rule has been in place for the past two years.

Klugh's mother, Tina Thompson, says it encourages stereotyping and discrimination.

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Information from: Press Enterprise, http://www.pressenterpriseonline.com

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