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Senate rejects measure authorizing fee-based optional extended-day kindergarten (HB 41)
Summary
House Bill 41, which would have allowed local districts and charter schools to charge permissive fees for optional extended-day kindergarten with safeguards to ensure no student is denied participation, failed in the Senate on a roll-call vote after senators raised concerns about the relationship to free public education and funding implications.
The Senate considered House Bill 41, which would permit local school boards or charter boards to offer optional supplemental hours of instruction for kindergarten and charge fees to cover incremental costs while requiring waivers so no child is excluded for inability to pay.
Sponsor Senator Milner said the bill is permissive and…
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