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Bill would set single kindergarten cutoff, remove early‑admittance evaluation process
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House Bill 114 would require public schools to admit any child who turns 5 by the first day of instruction statewide and would eliminate the current referral/evaluation route for early admittance of children who would turn 5 by Jan. 1, sponsors told the House Education Committee at a first hearing.
House Bill 114 would require all Ohio public schools to admit to kindergarten any child who turns 5 by the school’s first day of instruction and would remove the statutory referral and evaluation process that can now allow certain 4‑year‑olds to enter early, sponsors told the House Education Committee at a first hearing.
Sponsors said the measure aims to create a uniform standard across the state because local board policies now permit two different age cutoffs: a child must be 5 by either Aug. 1 or Sept. 30 under current local‑policy options. "In effect, what…
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