SACRAMENTO – A local legislator’s plan to give every fourth grader free access to California State Parks was held up in committee last week, meaning the law would not take effect in time for families to take advantage of learning opportunities over the summer break.
Assembly Republican Whip Devon Mathis (R-Visalia) said Assembly Bill 542, which would have waived entrance fees for fourth graders at the parks, stalled during the May 20 Assembly Appropriations Committee’s Suspense File Hearing.
