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Mandatory kindergarten bill advances in Legislature

BATON ROUGE — The Senate Education Committee voted 5-1 Wednesday to advance a bill that requires mandatory kindergarten and school attendance for Louisiana children beginning at age 5. “We have about 2,800 kids who do not attend kindergarten in the state of Louisiana,” Sen. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, the author of the bill author and the committee’s chairman. “Early childhood education is a necessity. A brain is developed most in the ages from birth to 5 years of age and this bill will give us an opportunity to take advantage of that.” Senate Bill 10 will require each city, parish and local school board to offer full-day kindergarten instruction to any child who turns 5 before Sept. 30 of the calendar year in which the school year begins. Children younger than 5 may enter kindergarten if they are evaluated and identified as gifted by the Louisiana Department of Education.

Hug tent, Stephen King, Valentine s dining: News from around our 50 states

Hug tent, Stephen King, Valentine’s dining: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY Alabama Montgomery: The state has expanded who is eligible to receive immunizations against COVID-19, but health officials caution there’s still not enough vaccine for everyone who qualifies for a shot. As of Monday, everyone 65 and older, educators, grocery store workers, some manufacturing workers, public transit workers, agriculture employees, state legislators and constitutional officers is eligible to get vaccinated. Previously only health care workers, first responders, nursing home residents, and people 75 and older were eligible. “If you are eligible for a vaccine, then we will get you one if want to take it. But it is not going to happen immediately for everyone,” Dr. Scott Harris, the state health officer, told reporters Friday. Harris said an estimated 1.5 million people would be eligible for vaccines, but the state has b

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