ATLANTA — A bill is heading to Governor Brian Kemp’s desk that would allow Georgia parents to decide when their child is ready to be enrolled in kindergarten or first grade.
The bill would allow parents of children who are six years old on Sept. 1 to request that their children be enrolled in kindergarten rather than first grade.
That provision is part of the larger House Bill 1193, the literacy bill, which was passed by the House and the Senate on March 31 and is now on its way to the governor’s desk. Gov. Kemp has 45 days to sign it…