California May Require Full-Day Kindergarten In All Districts

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – All California school districts would need to have full-day kindergarten by the 2021-22 school year if a new bill becomes law.
Currently, districts who offer kindergarten can enroll children in a half-day program. Assembly Bill 197 would change that by requiring districts to provide a “full‑day kindergarten (that) is the same number of minutes per schoolday that is offered to pupils in 1st grade.”
According to the bill language, “Full-day kinder