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IN SB0199
Bill
Status
1/6/2016
Primary Sponsor
Earline Rogers
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AI Summary
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Lowers the mandatory kindergarten enrollment age from seven years old to five years old, effective July 1, 2016.
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Requires students to be at least five years of age on August 1 of the school year to officially enroll in kindergarten, replacing the previous requirement tied to becoming seven years old.
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Allows school corporations to adopt procedures permitting parents to appeal to the superintendent for early kindergarten enrollment if their child does not meet the minimum age requirement.
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Permits superintendents to determine whether students enrolling without prior kindergarten attendance should enter kindergarten or first grade based on adopted assessment models.
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Makes conforming amendments to Indiana Code sections related to compulsory school attendance, eligible choice scholarship students, and eligible students for scholarship granting organizations.
Legislative Description
Age for compulsory school attendance. Provides that a student shall enroll in a kindergarten program not later than the fall term of the school year if the student is five years of age on August 1 of that school year. (Current law requires that a student enroll in a kindergarten class not later than the fall term of the school year in which the student becomes seven years of age.) Makes conforming amendments.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Education & Career Development
1/6/2016