Schools
Kent School Board Wants Exemption From All-Day Kindergarten
District will apply for waiver from state
A waiver from the state may exempt from providing a free curriculum to the district’s residents.
The Kent Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday at their meeting at to ask the Ohio Department of Education for the waiver, which would exempt the district from providing all-day kindergarten for the next two school years.
Lori Slattery, director of instructional programming for the district, said Kent is asking for the waiver despite Ohio House Bill 30, which could eliminate the all-day kindergarten requirement if approved and is under review now by members of the Ohio legislature.
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"That bill is right now being reviewed, and we’re not sure when that (vote is) going to take place," she said. "We don’t want to wait to find out later in the year if that happens.”
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