Kindergarten Cutoff Date

Just before I was about to interview the vice principal of the school that I am observing at, I overheard him talking to the principal about a very relevant issue. This issue is the possible change in the cutoff date for incoming kindergarteners. Though the bill would not be fully implemented until 2012, this is a hot issue in education right now. So, what are the pros and cons of pushing back the cutoff date? On the positive side, teachers would have fewer children in their classrooms that are not ready for the subject content. In a kindergarten class that I was in last semester, one of the boys still wore pull-ups, and another got so frustrated, daily, with the lessons, because he just couldn’t understand. Both of these boys were four at the time. So, it would clearly save children and teachers from frustration. Also, it would save the government $700 million a year. But, the flip side is that parents would have to pay for pre-school or daycare if their child didn’t hit the new September 1^st cutoff date. (The current cutoff date in California is December 2^nd)

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Kindergarten-Age-Rules-Could-Change-90847919.html