Other early care and education legislation includes:
AB 1967 (Mendoza)
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AB 1967 would require that a child who is enrolling in kindergarten be five years old on or before September 1st commencing in the 2012-13 school year.
AB 2553 (Brownley)
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AB 2553 specifies criteria that the California Department of Education (CDE) would adhere to should it commence on a process to create a school readiness (SR) assessment tool, which include 1) multiple domains of a child’s development; 2) statistically valid and reliable measures; 3) appropriate to use with children who are English Language Learners; and 4) age and developmentally appropriate measures.
SB 1126 (Liu)
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AB 1126 requires the academic senates of the California Community Colleges (CCC) and the California State University (CSU), and requests the Academic Senate of the University of California (UC), to review the eight common core lower division courses in child development or early education to improve articulation among higher education institutions.
SB 1381 (Simitian)
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SB 1298 would, beginning in the 2012-13 school year, phase in a new minimum entry-age for kindergarten.
For information about other preschool-related bills, view our Early Childhood State Legislation Fact Sheet.
