//Lawmakers to debate if Louisiana should require kindergarten

Lawmakers to debate if Louisiana should require kindergarten

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A state Senate education leader’s effort to make kindergarten mandatory in Louisiana is renewing divisions about an idea that has previously failed to win legislative passage.

The <a target="&mdash;blank" href="https://www.theadvocate.com/baton%E2%80%94rouge/news/education/article%E2%80%9424c53964-77a5-11eb-8dc5-13ae9e0df22e.html">Advocate reports</a> that backers of the requirement, up for debate in the legislative session that