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TexasTowelie

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Tue May 28, 2019, 10:51 AM May 2019

House passes bill forcing parents to send children to kindergarten

Thursday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation requiring that all parents enroll their children in kindergarten.

House Bill 423 is sponsored by State Rep. Pebblin Warren, D-Tuskegee.

Warren said that under current law kindergarten is not required. This law would make it mandatory.

According to the synopsis, HB423 amends the, “Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the minimum age for attendance at public schools; to require a child who is five years of age on or before September 1 to enroll in kindergarten.” The bill also provides. “For circumstances under which a child who is under five years of age on September 1 may be admitted to public kindergarten.”

Read more: https://www.alreporter.com/2019/05/28/house-passes-bill-forcing-parents-to-send-children-to-kindergarten/

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House passes bill forcing parents to send children to kindergarten (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2019 OP
The home school crowd is gonna shriek. CurtEastPoint May 2019 #1
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