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VT LEG #371318 v.1 (8) assign school districts with the responsibility of ensuring equitable prekindergarten access for children who are four years of age on the date by which the child’s school district requires kindergarten students to have attained five years of age or who are five years of age and not yet enrolled in kindergarten. * * * Prekindergarten * * * Sec. 2. PREKINDERGARTEN EDUCATION IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE; PLAN (a) Creation. There is created the Prekindergarten Education Implementation Committee to assist the Agency of Education in improving and expanding accessible, affordable, and high-quality prekindergarten education for children on a full-day basis on or before July 1, 2026. The prekindergarten program under consideration would require a school district to provide prekindergarten education to all children within the district in either a public school or by contract with private providers, or both. As used in this section, “child” or “children” means a child or children who are four years of age on the date by which the child’s school district requires kindergarten students to have attained five years of age or who are five years of age and not yet enrolled in kindergarten, unless otherwise specified. (b) Membership. (1) The Committee shall be composed of the following members: (A) the Secretary of Education or designee, who shall serve as co-