Alert: Update on SB 1381 (Simitian) - Changing the Kindergarten Start Date 
    SB 1381 changes the admission age for children entering kindergarten. This bill requires children to be five years old before they can be admitted into kindergarten. The kindergarten start date would be phased in over a three year period in the following manner: the child has to be five years old on or before November 1st for the 2012-13 school year, October 1st for 2013-14 school year, and September 1st for the 2014-15 school year. By 2015, only children whose fifth birthday is on or before September 1st will be eligible to attend kindergarten.