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IN SB0272
Bill
AI Summary
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Lowers the compulsory school attendance age from seven years old to five years old, effective July 1, 2018.
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Students become bound by compulsory attendance requirements beginning the fall school term for the school year in which they reach five years of age on August 1.
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Allows parents to request exemption from compulsory attendance if they certify intent to enroll the student in a nonaccredited, nonpublic school or provide equivalent home instruction, with the exemption effective August 1 of the school year the student turns five.
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Makes conforming amendments to scholarship eligibility provisions in IC 20-51-1-4.3 and IC 20-51-1-5 to reference the new five-year-old age threshold on August 1 of the school year.
Legislative Description
Age for compulsory school attendance. Provides that a student is bound by compulsory school attendance requirements from the beginning of the fall school term for the school year in which the student is five years of age on August 1 of that school year. (Current law provides that a student is bound by compulsory school attendance requirements from the beginning of the fall school term for the school year in which the student becomes seven years of age.) Makes conforming amendments.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
1/4/2018