Bill proposes standard kindergarten start age, axes 2.4-kilometre busing limit

Families may no longer need to live more than 2.4 kilometres from school for their children to qualify for busing, if a new bill is passed as drafted.
Bill 28, tabled in the legislature Wednesday by Education Minister David Eggen, would also give the minister the power to “direct boards to co-operate” on busing students where school districts overlap. Edmonton’s Catholic and public school districts currently run two separate school bus networks.
The bill would also put a kinder