When should children start kindergarten?
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Posted: 04/27/2012
Should kids have to take a maturity test to get into kindergarten? Some lawmakers in Tennessee think so.
They're pushing a bill that would move the cutoff for kids to get into kindergarten up by a month.
Right now, children there must turn 5 by the end of September in order to start.
Parents can petition to get their kids in earlier, but the children will have to take a maturity test first.
Critics said the state is just trying to save money by pushing up to 4,000 kids back into daycare for another year instead of kindergarten classrooms.
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Who should make the decision on when kids should start school?
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