“What we’ve offered [in the request for a slower transition] are seven key elements in order to press ‘Go,’ ” said Wendy Lazarus, the founder and co-president of The Children’s Partnership, a national not-for-profit children’s advocacy group based in Santa Monica. “We’re saying we want to work with [the state] to get this right. Once we have those elements in place, that is what should set a start date.”
