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Proposal to make kindergarten mandatory in Louisiana advances to House floor Proposal to make kindergarten mandatory in Louisiana advances to House floor 1 hour 57 minutes 58 seconds ago Monday, May 24 2021 May 24, 2021 May 24, 2021 4:41 PM May 24, 2021 in News Source: LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE — A bill to make kindergarten mandatory in Louisiana passed the House Appropriations Committee 19-1 Monday. “I have worked tirelessly on this bill,” said the bill’s author, Sen....

Sen. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge Rep. Raymond Crews, R-Bossier City “I have worked tirelessly on this bill,” said the bill’s author, Sen. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge. “It is the most important one I have worked on during this session. It is something we must do for our children.” The committee debated whether or not the bill, Senate Bill 10, was necessary since it would only increase enrollment by about 2,800 students, or 4%. That would cost the state and its public schoo...

House Appropriations advances Senate-approved legislation mandating children who turn five years old on or before September 30th attend Kindergarten. The vote was 19-1 with Bossier City Representative Raymond Crews the lone dissenter. He said he’s been bombarded with calls from concerned constituents who worry they will be arrested if they don’t send their child to kindergarten. “You said 90% of the brain develops between zero and five, but how do we know that the importance of being with...

View Comments BATON ROUGE — Without taking any action itself, the House Education Committee on Tuesday forwarded a bill making kindergarten mandatory to the House Appropriations Committee to consider its possible $12 million price tag. Lawmakers said the bill could cost the state that much if there were to be a 6% increase in kindergarten enrollment. The bill, Senate Bill 10, would require children turning 5 by Sept. 30 of a calendar year to attend kindergarten. Present law does not mandate k...

The Louisiana Senate Education Committee endorsed a $94.7 million spending increase Tuesday to cover raises for teachers and school support staff.

(The Center Square) – The Louisiana Senate Education Committee endorsed a $94.7 million spending increase Tuesday to cover raises for teachers and school support staff. The boost to the state’s Minimum Foundation Program, which is better known as the MFP and represents the main state contribution to K-12 education funding, is meant to pay for $800 raises for teachers and $400 increases for other staff. The state’s Revenue Estimating Conference, which decides how much money state ...

Bill to make kindergarten mandatory in La. easily passes in Senate A bill to make kindergarten mandatory in Louisiana has passed in the full Senate. (Source: Pixabay) By WAFB Staff | May 12, 2021 at 5:07 PM CDT - Updated May 12 at 5:28 PM BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A bill to make it mandatory for all five-year-olds in Louisiana to attend kindergarten had little trouble gaining approval by the full Senate on Wednesday, May 12. SB 10 by Sen. Cleo Fields (D-Louisiana) passed 34-1. The bill wi...

by David Jacobs, The Center Square  | May 13, 2021 10:00 AM Print this article The Louisiana Senate voted Wednesday to make kindergarten mandatory statewide. Sen. Cleo Fields, the Baton Rouge Democrat who authored Senate Bill 10, cited research indicating most of a child’s brain development happens between birth and age 5. A wide range of education and business groups support the bill. “Investing in early childhood education just makes good business sense,” Field...

Capitol Briefing: Mandatory kindergarten bill sails through Louisiana Senate Staff and wire reports With little debate, the Louisiana Senate overwhelmingly backed a proposal to require all 5-year-old children to attend kindergarten. A 34-1 vote from senators Wednesday sent the measure by Sen. Cleo Fields, a Baton Rouge Democrat, to the House for consideration.  Louisiana children currently must attend school from the ages of 7 to 18, unless they graduate early from high school. Senate Bill 10�...

Louisiana Senate to debate mandatory kindergarten  Monday, May 10, 2021 The Louisiana Senate will debate whether to require all 5-year-old children in Louisiana to receive a kindergarten education after the measure cleared a financial review today for its multimillion-dollar price tag. The Senate Finance Committee advanced the proposal, SB10, by Senate Education Chairman Cleo Fields without objection, but several senators raised concerns that suggested the bill could face difficulty winning...