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PA HB46
Bill
Status
1/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Tarik Khan
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AI Summary
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All Pennsylvania school districts must establish and maintain kindergarten programs (currently optional), with districts prohibited from denying kindergarten to children who are five years or older on the first day of the school year
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All school districts must establish and maintain pre-kindergarten programs as part of the elementary school system, operating at least two and one-half hours daily for the full school term
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Public school attendance eligibility age lowered from six (6) years to five (5) years, allowing children between ages 5 and 21 to attend public schools in their district
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Compulsory school age redefined to begin no later than age five (5) instead of six (6), and end at age seventeen (17) instead of eighteen (18)
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Takes effect 90 days after enactment, applying to the academic year following the effective date and each year thereafter
Legislative Description
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, further providing for kindergartens and providing for pre-kindergarten programs; and, in pupils and attendance, further providing for age limits and temporary residence and for definitions.
Last Action
Referred to Education
1/10/2025