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IN HB1408
Bill
Status
1/14/2019
Primary Sponsor
Tonya Pfaff
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AI Summary
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Requires students who are 5 years old by August 1 to enroll in kindergarten by the fall term of that school year, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year
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Lowers Indiana's compulsory school attendance age from 7 years old to 5 years old
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Maintains existing provisions allowing school corporations to adopt appeal procedures for parents of students who do not meet the minimum age requirement for early kindergarten enrollment
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Parents may delay kindergarten enrollment until age 7 if they certify to the superintendent their intent to enroll the child in a nonaccredited nonpublic school or provide equivalent home instruction
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Updates choice scholarship eligibility definitions to align student age requirements with the new August 1 date for determining 5-year-old status
Legislative Description
Mandatory kindergarten. Provides that, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, 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. Makes conforming amendments.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Education
1/14/2019