Kindergarten age cutoff rises

Source: mercurynews.com Posted By: Betty D...5760 days ago

Over the next several years, kindergartners in California will be getting older.
This school year, a child can start kindergarten as long as he or she turns 5 by Dec. 2. In the 2014-15 school year, children will have to turn 5 by Sept. 1, thanks to a bill approved late Tuesday night by the state Legislature.

Education officials say the earlier cutoff is good for students, but some lawmakers and scholars say they don't understand the state's plan for spending money that will be saved by shifting....

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