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SB 0057 -	"Universal Kindergarten Mandate For Early Starts Act"; change ages of mandatory education

Tracking Level:

Monitor

Sponsor:

James, Donzella 35th

Last Action:

1/17/2013 - Senate - Senate Read and Referred

Senate Committee:

ED&Y

Assigned To:

Staff Analysis of the Legislation
This bill would amend Code Section 20-2-690.1 of the O.C.G.A. to lower the mandatory attendance age to five, thereby requiring all children to attend kindergarten if they turn five before September 1. There is no proposed change to the sixteenth birthday as the last mandatory attendance age.

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