A statewide change to the cutoff date for kindergarten entrance has Connecticut school districts planning for a backlog of pre-schoolers, a shortage of kindergartners and a new, uncertain exemption process.
As of next fall, all students entering kindergarten must be 5 years old by Sept. 1, after a new state law聽聽up four months from Jan. 1. That means thousands of students with fall birthdays who would have been eligible to start school in 2024-25 will instead have to wait an additional year.
