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A bill requiring public schools to provide kindergarten and mandatory attendance will be heard in the Senate education committee today. Stand for Children Governmental Affairs Director Brigitte Nieland said they fully support Senator Cleo Fields’ legislation because kindergarten provides vital foundational skills for students. “We know that brain development in the first five years of life is the most significant piece of learning that will take place in a student’s lifetime,” said Nieland. Nieland said while some assume kindergarten is already mandatory if the bill passes it would go into effect fall of 2022 and increase attendance considerably. “Surprisingly only maybe thirty to forty percent of five-year-olds are in kindergarten, so the increase would be quite a bit once the law takes effect,” said Nieland. ....
Why a battle is shaping up in Louisiana over the latest push for mandatory kindergarten Updated Feb 28, 2021; Will Sentell; The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La. (TNS) Feb. 28 The bid to make kindergarten mandatory in Louisiana, which has been tried before and failed, is about to spark controversy again. Backers say the requirement would dovetail with state efforts to expand early childhood education, and that it could help get the state off the bottom of many rankings for public school achievement. “It just makes basic sense,” said Senate Education Committee Chairman Cleo Fields, who has filed a bill to require kindergarten attendance for debate during the 2021 regular legislative session. ....
Will Sentell The Advocate (Baton Rouge) State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley, who just passed the six-month mark on the job, is winning praise even from some education groups that were less than enthusiastic about his selection. Brumley s willingness to listen to a wide variety of views on often-contentious public school issues in the midst of a pandemic was cited by leaders of several organizations asked for an early assessment. He is very accessible, said Barry Erwin, president of the Council for a Better Louisiana. Brumley narrowly landed the job on May 20 on the third vote by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. ....