COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio House bill seeks to clear confusion about when children can begin kindergarten.
House Bill 114 would change the date by which children must be five years old to “the first day of instruction of the school year of admittance.” The bill would apply to traditional public, charter and STEM schools.
Currently, state law requires local school boards to pass resolutions requiring children to be five years old by either Sept. 30 or Aug. 1 to enter kindergarten, said state Rep. Adam Bird, a Cincinnati-area Republican, who is sponsoring HB 113 with Rep. Kevin Ritter, a Marietta Republican…