A few weeks ago, Gov. Jerry Brown drew a red line through the $223 million in the state budget that was supposed to be used to establish a transitional kindergarten program called for by the Legislature two years ago when it decided to back up the school eligibility cutoff date from Dec. 2 to Sept. 1.

Now school administrators are in a quandary and some parents are in limbo. The law requiring transitional kindergarten classes is still on the books, but unless the governor changes his mind, there won’t be any money to pay for it.