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IN HB1088

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/6/2015

Primary Sponsor

Christina Hale

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

House Bill 1088 Summary

  • Lowers mandatory school enrollment age from seven years old to five years old, effective July 1, 2015
  • Requires students to enroll in kindergarten by the fall term of the school year in which they turn five years old, beginning with the 2015-2016 school year
  • Changes kindergarten pupil count from one-half (1/2) pupil to one (1) full pupil for Average Daily Membership (ADM) calculation purposes
  • Maintains existing procedures allowing parents to appeal for early kindergarten enrollment below the minimum age requirement
  • Applies exemptions to the age requirement for students whose parents certify intent to enroll in nonaccredited, nonpublic schools or provide equivalent home instruction

Legislative Description

Age for mandatory school attendance. Provides that, beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, a student shall enroll in a kindergarten program not later than the fall term of the school year in which the student becomes five years of age. Provides that a kindergarten pupil is counted as one student for purposes of a school's ADM. (Current law provides that a kindergarten pupil is counted as 1/2 pupil.)

Last Action

First Reading: referred to Committee on Education

1/6/2015

Committee Referrals

Education1/6/2015

Full Bill Text

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