Rep. Pebblin Warren, D-Tuskegee, speaks during a debate in the Alabama House of Representatives on gambling legislation on Feb. 15, 2024 in the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. The House ...

The Alabama legislature passed a long awaited “first-grade readiness” bill Thursday, May 9, which would require students who did not complete kindergarten to take a test to enter the first grade. If ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama children would have to attend kindergarten or take a test to show their “readiness” for first grade, under legislation advanced by a state House committee on Wednesday.

A bill that would require children in Alabama to either attend kindergarten or pass a first grade readiness assessment test saw approval from the State House on Tuesday. Under existing law, children ...

MONTGOMERY — A bill that would require children in Alabama to either attend kindergarten or pass a first grade readiness assessment test saw approval from the State House on Tuesday.

The Alabama legislature passed a long awaited “first-grade readiness” bill Thursday, which would require students who did not complete kindergarten to take a test to enter the first grade. If signed ...