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Sponsors seek uniform kindergarten cutoff in first hearing on House Bill 114
Summary
House Bill 114 would require Ohio public schools to admit children who are 5 by the first day of instruction and remove processes allowing early admittance for certain children; committee held a first hearing and asked sponsors for possible amendments on flexibility for accelerated children.
The House Education Committee held the first hearing on House Bill 114, a measure that would require public schools to admit to kindergarten any child who would be 5 years old by the district’s first day of instruction and would remove statutory processes that now permit early admission under certain conditions.
Representative Ritter and Representative Byrd, who presented sponsor testimony, said the bill seeks to create a uniform statewide standard. “Our bill, House Bill 114, is quite simple. It would do 3 things,” Ritter told the committee, listing: (1) require admission for children who turn 5 by the…
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