{"id":1628946,"date":"2022-09-01T05:49:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T09:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1628946"},"modified":"2022-09-01T05:49:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T09:49:11","slug":"california-moves-closer-to-mandatory-kindergarten-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-moves-closer-to-mandatory-kindergarten-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"California Moves Closer to Mandatory Kindergarten for Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-moves-closer-to-mandatory-kindergarten-for-students%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1628946&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The California Senate passed Senate Bill 70 on Monday, moving closer to making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-kindergarten\">kindergarten<\/a> mandatory for all students in the state.<\/p>\n<p>SB 70, passed by the Senate with a 33\u20135 vote, will require that a child complete one year at kindergarten before being admitted to first grade at a public elementary school. If signed into law, the bill will come into effect in the 2024\u201325 school year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a public school teacher for 17 years, I have witnessed the detrimental impact on young students who miss out on fundamental early education,\u201d state Sen. Susan Rubio, a Democrat who proposed the bill, said in an Aug. 29 <a href=\"https:\/\/sd22.senate.ca.gov\/news\/2022-08-29-california-legislature-passes-mandatory-kindergarten-bill-senator-susan-rubio\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe voluntary participation for kindergarten leaves students unprepared for the educational environment they will encounter in elementary school,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The California State Assembly approved the bill earlier in August. SB 70 now heads to the desk of Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has yet to indicate whether he plans to sign it into law.<\/p>\n<p>If enacted, California will become the 20th state in the United States to have a rule mandating kindergarten for children. Newsom has until Sept. 30 to either veto or approve the bill.<\/p>\n<p>The kindergarten requirement can be fulfilled by a child who attends either private or public school. However, attendance at transitional kindergarten will not count as fulfilling the requirement.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB70\">bill<\/a> argues that kids who attend kindergarten are \u201cmore likely to go to college and earn higher wages\u201d as well as less likely to experience poverty during adulthood.<\/p>\n<p> Individual Needs of Children <\/p>\n<p>The California Homeschool Network has opposed the bill, calling it an \u201cunnecessary\u201d mandate. The bill will force children to attend kindergarten irrespective of their social skills and make them go through 13 years of formal education rather than 12, it pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetter education policy would<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The California Senate passed Senate Bill 70 on Monday, moving closer to making kindergarten mandatory for all students in the state. SB 70, passed by the Senate with a 33\u20135 vote, will require that a child complete one year at kindergarten before being admitted to first grade at a public elementary school. 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