Are 4-year-olds too young for kindergarten? Michigan Senate votes to change enrollment guidelines

Are 4-year-olds too young for kindergarten? Michigan Senate votes to change enrollment guidelines | MLive.com
Some Michigan children would have to wait a year longer before heading off to kindergarten under a bill that unanimously cleared the state Senate on Thursday.

State Sen. Darwin Booher, R-Evart, said educators have complained that some 4-year-olds have been allowed to start kindergarten, but just aren’t ready socially, causing disruptions in class and often being held back a year.

State law allows children to start kindergarten in the fall if they turn 5 by Dec. 1 of that year. The bill gradually pushes the date up to Sept. 1.