Jerry Brown's budget proposes killing transitional kindergarten funds
Published: Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012 - 12:00 am | Page 4A
As California moves toward an earlier cutoff age for kindergarten, Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed axing funds for a transitional program aimed at children newly shut out of those classrooms.
In his latest budget, the Democratic governor proposed a permanent elimination of funds for transitional kindergarten, a new program designed to serve children not yet ready for regular kindergarten. It would save $223.7 million in 2012-13 and $672 million at full implementation in 2014-15.
In 2010, lawmakers passed a measure to phase in an earlier cutoff age for kindergarten over three