House Bill 4036: Requiring Pre-Kindergarten of Homeschoolers

Author:
Representative Frank Buck

Summary:
This bill would require local school districts to provide pre-kindergarten programs for 4-year-olds unless the child is in a private or homeschool pre-kindergarten program. This would effectively require homeschooling families to comply with the homeschool law two years earlier than now required. This is a companion bill to S.B. 3924.

Status:

1/31/2008		Introduced
2/4/2008		Passed first consideration
3/5/2008		Assigned to K-12 Subcommittee of the Education Committee

HSLDA's Position:
This bill should be opposed.

Action Requested:
No action required at this time.

Other Resources

Bill Text   (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)