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Committee hears bill to set single kindergarten age cutoff across Ohio

2785499 · March 25, 2025
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Representative Byrd and Representative Ritter presented sponsor testimony on House Bill 114, a proposal to create a uniform kindergarten admission standard across Ohio by requiring public schools to admit any child who will be 5 years old by the first day of instruction.

Representative Byrd and Representative Ritter presented sponsor testimony on House Bill 114, a proposal to create a uniform kindergarten admission standard across Ohio by requiring public schools to admit any child who will be 5 years old by the first day of instruction.

Representative Ritter said the bill would do three things: require admission for children who are 5 by the first day of instruction, eliminate the referral and evaluation process that can admit a child who would be 5 by January 1, and remove the provision allowing admission under a…

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