House Bill 1392 Summary

• Changes mandatory school enrollment age from seven years old (before July 1, 2019) to five years old on August 1 of the school year (after June 30, 2019).

• Students must enroll in kindergarten by the fall term of the school year in which they reach age five on August 1, making kindergarten enrollment mandatory rather than optional.

• School governing bodies may adopt procedures allowing parents to appeal to the superintendent for early kindergarten enrollment of students who do not meet the August 1 age requirement.

• Students may be exempted from compulsory school attendance if parents certify intent to enroll them in nonaccredited nonpublic schools or provide equivalent homeschool instruction by the required deadline.

• Makes conforming amendments to scholarship and eligibility definitions in IC 20-51-1 to align age requirements with the new mandatory kindergarten enrollment age based on August 1.