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Education Leaders Fire Back Following Rejection of Mandatory Kindergarten Bill

August 20, 2024 12:27 pmAugust 20, 2024 12:27 pm

Education experts and leaders continued to denounce the Senate’s rejection of a bill this week that would have made Kindergarten in California mandatory. Opponents of the bill said that the cost of the bill would have caused it to be...

Bill to Make Kindergarten Mandatory Fails To Move Past Senate Appropriations Committee

May 18, 2024 5:30 pmMay 19, 2024 8:24 am

A bill that would have required that all children complete one year of kindergarten education prior to entering the first grade beginning in the 2026-2027 school year failed to move past the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday, with the bill...

Two Senate Bills Target Chemicals Found in Firefighting Foam

February 20, 2020 3:48 pm

Two bills that call for the partial banning and water testing of chemicals called perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were introduced to the Senate on Tuesday. Two bills against PFAS Senate Bill 1044, authored by Senator Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica)...