Legislature gives final approval to all-day kindergarten bill
Posted April 27, 2010 3:58 pm.
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Legislation to begin all-day learning for four- and five-year-olds in Ontario has been given final approval by the legislature.
The program starts this fall and will expand across Ontario by 2015, at an estimated cost of $1.5-billion dollars a year.
The bill calls on school boards to offer full-day junior and senior kindergarten, in addition to extended-day programs before and after class and on days when schools are closed.
Parents can pay extra for child care before 9 a.m. and after 3:30, and there will be subsidies available for low-income families.
