Times-News, Dec. 2: Rep. Steven Thayn wants to give parents another choice for their youngster’s kindergarten year that would come with financial benefits.
Under Thayn’s proposal, which he plans to introduce in the 2009 Legislature, parents could teach their children kindergarten at home. In exchange, they would get part of the state funding that’s saved by not having the youngster attending a public kindergarten class. Parents would only be eligible for funding after their children passed a test showing a readiness for first grade.