Lawmakers to debate if Louisiana should require kindergarten [View all]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A state Senate education leader's effort to make kindergarten mandatory in Louisiana is renewing divisions about an idea that has previously failed to win legislative passage.

The Advocate reports that backers of the requirement, up for debate in the legislative session that starts next month, say it would dovetail with state efforts to expand early childhood education and could help the state improve its poor performance in public schools.

“It just makes basic sense,” said Senate Education Chairman Cleo Fields, the Baton Rouge Democrat who is pushing the proposal.

Critics contend any such mandate would be an intrusion on an issue best left to families

Read more: https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/lawmakers-to-debate-if-louisiana-should-require-kindergarten/article_2e6511f0-d08f-5c4e-8f62-03f071463276.html