Committee advances bill to require after‑school care for pre‑K students
A legislative committee voted unanimously to advance House Bill 1123 (LC 492546), which would require school systems that offer both pre‑K and K–5 after‑school programs to make after‑school care available to pre‑K students on the same basis; Decal may grant year‑to‑year waivers for extraordinary circumstances.
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Speaker Pro Tempore Tim Jones told a legislative committee that House Bill 1123 "doesn't do a whole lot of things. It just does one thing," and described that single change as requiring school systems that offer prekindergarten and after‑school care for K–5 students to provide comparable after‑school availability to pre‑K students.
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