SB70 requires a child to complete one year of kindergarten before that child may be admitted to the first grade at a public elementary school.
The Senate passed SB70 on August 29, 2022, by a vote of 33 to 5. We have assigned pluses to the noes because a child’s education is the responsibility of–and a fundamental right of choice retained by–the parents, not the government. Parental rights, as with all other constitutional rights, are protected by the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.