Kindergarten now mandatory for 5-year-olds
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation allowing New York City to make kindergarten mandatory for all five-year-olds.
About seven percent of city children — often the most disadvantaged — miss this early introduction to school and start instead in first grade at age six.
“We look forward to working with the Department of Education to help make sure our public school system is ready when this groundbreaking policy takes effect,” in a statement with Robert Jackson, chair of the Council’s Education Committee and Councilman Stephen Levin.