SR25-9 Calling for Changes to Compulsory Public School Attendance and Enrollment Requirements in DC

The State Board urges that all eligible children be allowed to attend kindergarten. It criticizes District of Columbia Public Schools for not clearly informing families that it stopped using a policy allowing some pre-K4 students to move into kindergarten. The State Board opposes DCPS reversing written promises about enrollment and boundaries. The State Board calls for delays in policy changes, rejects labeling pre-K4 students as truant, and condemns DCPS for reporting families to child welfare agencies. The Board recommends statutory changes to the D.C. Official Code.