Seems like a false economy to me. They might save $700M in year one, but it's not like those kids with Sept-Nov birthdates will never go to school. They'll just go next year, and the savings will eventually disappear. And half of those "savings" will go to pre-K programs which we won't be able to fund as a result.
Val this was my response when trying to get DS into K early... the birthday rule is ridiculous in my opinion, as it saves NO money in the end. I just don't get where the benefit is from not using the calendar year.
In our district the cutoff is Sept 1, but school starts in early Aug. How does making the cutoff in September make sense?
