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Feb 24, 2021 Kindergarten may become mandatory in Louisiana under a new proposed bill. Senate Education Committee Chairman Cleo Fields has filed Senate Bill 10, which will be debated during the 2021 regular legislative session that starts on April 12. State law requires school districts to offer kindergarten but attendance is not mandated. The bill would require kindergarten for children who turn five on or before September 30 of the year when classes begin. Copyright © 2021 TTWN Media Network...

Feb 24, 2021 Kindergarten may become mandatory in Louisiana under a new proposed bill. Senate Education Committee Chairman Cleo Fields has filed Senate Bill 10, which will be debated during the 2021 regular legislative session that starts on April 12. State law requires school districts to offer kindergarten but attendance is not mandated. The bill would require kindergarten for children who turn five on or before September 30 of the year when classes begin. Copyright © 2021 TTWN Media Network...

Currently, Louisiana law requires schools to offer Kindergarten classes but parents aren't required to send their kids.

According to Louisiana's Early Childhood Care and Education Commission, birth to five years of age is a critical period for brain development.

Baton Rouge / louisianaradionetwork.com Feb 23, 2021 11:43 AM Potential 2023 Gubernatorial Race contenders Attorney General Jeff Landry and Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser are off to a strong fundraising start with the election more than two years away. Landry is sitting on more than two million dollars and Nungesser has about a million in a half in the bank according to a fundraising report filed with the state ethics administration that covers the fundraising period that ended last year. Politic...

Senate Education Committee Chairman Cleo Fields has pre-filed Senate Bill 10 to make kindergarten attendance mandatory.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Amid data showing more than twice as many Black students are suspended than their white peers, Louisianas educators are launching a program aimed at shrinking

Senate Education Committee Chairman Cleo Fields is taking steps to ensure that children are introduced to a learning environment at a younger age to maximize their learning potential.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Amid data showing more than twice as many Black students are...

“It was exciting to receive the news,” said Lauren Jewett, an elementary school teacher in NOLA Public Schools.