Bill to make kindergarten mandatory in La. easily passes in Senate A bill to make kindergarten mandatory in Louisiana has passed in the full Senate. (Source: Pixabay) By WAFB Staff | May 12, 2021 at 5:07 PM CDT - Updated May 12 at 5:28 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A bill to make it mandatory for all five-year-olds in Louisiana to attend kindergarten had little trouble gaining approval by the full Senate on Wednesday, May 12.
SB 10 by Sen. Cleo Fields (D-Louisiana) passed 34-1. The bill will next go to the House floor for discussion.
According to Fields, roughly 3,000 kids are at home missing out on critical early childhood education.