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

Families may no longer need to live more than 2.4 km 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.
The bill would also put a kindergarten age cutoff into law by September 2020, requiring all children to turn five by Dec. 31. It would leave a