Sentences with phrase «making kindergarten attendance»

If the bill — which has passed the Senate and awaits action in the House — is enacted, Maryland would become one of the few states that have enacted laws in the past decade making kindergarten attendance mandatory.

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The Democratic governor also sounded the horn for proposals she made last year: mandatory full - day kindergarten, a law raising the mandatory school - attendance age to 18, and a program geared to helping school districts replicate Kalamazoo's free - college - tuition plan.

(a) In grades kindergarten through five, the program shall be designed by a certified school counselor in coordination with the teaching staff, and any appropriate pupil personnel service providers, for the purpose of preparing students to participate effectively in their current and future educational programs, to provide information related to college and careers, and to assist students who may exhibit challenges to academic success, including but not limited to attendance or behavioral concerns, and where appropriate make a referral to a properly licensed professional and / or certified pupil personnel service provider, as appropriate, for more targeted supports.

The Education Reform Act of 1982 made school attendance compulsory and created a public kindergarten system in Mississippi.