Senate passes bill to simplify kindergarten age requirement and correct grading error
The Senate passed House Bill 114 to require a child be age 5 by the first day of instruction for kindergarten admission and to correct misgrading on a biology exam that affected graduation seals. The bill passed 29–4.
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The Senate approved House Bill 114, which standardizes kindergarten eligibility by requiring children to be five years old by the first day of instruction, and includes a committee-added amendment to 'hold students harmless' who were affected by a misgrading on an end‑of‑course biology exam.
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