Among the many laws which went into effect on July 1 of this year, one has generated significant conversation among young parents and families. Public Act 23-159, An Act Concerning Teachers and Paraeducators, "raises the age children can start public school kindergarten from age five by January of the school year to age five by September of the school year." In other words, before this law went into effect, families could plan to enroll in kindergarten so long as their child turned five by the beginning of the new calendar year, January 1. The new law moves that eligibility date up three months, meaning the child must have turned five by September 1 of the prior year.