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Chair flags resolution and bill to revise kindergarten cutoff and deferral rules
Summary
Representative Goule said he will propose a resolution and legislation to change the District's kindergarten eligibility rules, keeping a Sept. 30 cutoff but allowing families with children born in mid‑June through Sept. 30 who attend DC preK4 to defer entry for a year.
Representative Goule told committee members he intends to bring a resolution and companion legislation to the next meeting to revise the District’s kindergarten eligibility and deferral policy.
He said the current policy—he argued—forces some four‑year‑olds into kindergarten and onto IEPs inappropriately. "No state forces four‑year‑olds to go to…
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