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Kindergarten Readiness Act 2010 Senate Bill 1381

Kindergarten Readiness Act 2010 Senate Bill 1381. Kindergarten Readiness Act of 2010. Signed by Governor Schwarzenegger in September of 2010 (Senate Bill 1381) Rolls back the cutoff Kindergarten age start date for students to turn 5 from December 2 nd to September 1st

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Kindergarten Readiness Act 2010 Senate Bill 1381

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  1. Kindergarten Readiness Act2010Senate Bill 1381

  2. Kindergarten Readiness Actof 2010 • Signed by Governor Schwarzenegger in September of 2010 (Senate Bill 1381) • Rolls back the cutoff Kindergarten age start date for students to turn 5 from December 2nd to September 1st • Three Year Roll Out beginning in 2012-13

  3. What is the Kindergarten Readiness Act, 2010 and what does it change? • Amends the State Ed. Code to create Transitional Kindergarten for students born between September 2 and December 2nd • Will offer the opportunity to 120,000 more children each year to have additional year of preparation

  4. What is the Kindergarten Readiness Act, 2010 and what does it change? • Changes kindergarten entry date from 5 years old by December 2 to September 1 so children enter kindergarten at age 5. • Will offer developmentally appropriate curriculum aligned with kindergarten Standards

  5. What is the Kindergarten Readiness Act, 2010 and what does it change? • Offers more options for parents, it is voluntary • Provides the “gift of time” for students through a two year Kindergarten program • Allows districts to offer a “modified kindergarten curriculum that is developmentally and age appropriate”

  6. Three Year Roll Out Year 1 - 2012-2013 • Adjusts Kindergarten start date to student being 5 on or before November 2, 2012 • A child who will have his or her fifth birthday between November 2 and December 2 shall be admitted to a transitional kindergarten program maintained by the school district .

  7. Year 2 – 2013-2014 • Adjusts Kindergarten start date to student being 5 on or before October 2, 2013 • Fifth birthday between October 2 and December 2 shall be admitted to a transitional kindergarten program maintained by the school district.

  8. Year 3 – 2014-2015 (and thereafter) • Adjusts Kindergarten start date to student being 5 on or before September 2, 2014 • Fifth birthday between September 2 and December 2 admitted to transitional kindergarten program maintained by the district.

  9. What does the research say? • Beginning Kindergarten at an older age improves children’s social and academic development. • Provides a significant boost to test scores • TK will generate savings to our education system through reduced special education and grade retention costs.

  10. What has KCUSD done already? • This year KCUSD gave students the “gift of time” by going to extended day K. Now the state is offering another way to provide more time.

  11. Fresno County Office of Ed Vision and KCUSD • Transitional Kindergarten Steering Committee • Marcy Guthrie, Bonnie Smith and Mary Stanley serve on this committee. • Model in place in Kingsburg from which committee is learning.

  12. Year “0” – 2011–2012 • Expect “clean up legislation” to offer further guidance to districts • Planning year - do have models in place to refer to

  13. What are the implications for KCUSD? • Now • Future

  14. Questions & Answers For your reference, we are providing support documents.

  15. Closing • Thank You!

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