Among the first bills of the 2013 Minnesota Legislative session included one that would provide state funding for school districts to offer all-day kindergarten. Sen. Chuck Wiger, a co-author of a bill, said the funding would provide“an important step toward enhancing Minnesota’s commitment to quality education for all children.”

Some school districts in the Twin Cities are already providing all-day kindergarten at an extra or no cost. The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School Board reallocated funding - $1.5 million - to fund a free, all-day kindergarten program for the 2012-13 school year. Although, some questioned the sustainability, and the classroom space.

Now, it seems both branches of the Legislature have the leadership behind the idea of an all-day, everyday kindergarten program statewide. 

What about you? Should the state fund all-day kindergarten? Is it an expense local school districts can afford?

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