Senate File 103

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  LUNDBY


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the age of enrollment for kindergarten
  2    programs.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1292XS 80
  5 kh/cl/14

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 282.3, subsection 2, unnumbered
  1  2 paragraph 3, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    No child shall be admitted to school work for the year
  1  4 immediately preceding the first grade unless either of the
  1  5 following apply:
  1  6    a.  The child is five years of age on or before the
  1  7 fifteenth of September 15 of the current school year.
  1  8    b.  The child is five years of age on or before October 15
  1  9 of the current school year and demonstrates to the
  1 10 satisfaction of the admitting school district that the child
  1 11 possesses the social, emotional, and cognitive skills
  1 12 necessary to enter the school district's kindergarten program.
  1 13 A school district may charge the parent or guardian of the
  1 14 child who applies to enroll a child in accordance with this
  1 15 paragraph a reasonable fee to cover the cost of assessing the
  1 16 child's capabilities.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill permits a school district to admit to its
  1 19 kindergarten program a child who is five years of age on or
  1 20 before October 15 of the current school year if the child
  1 21 demonstrates the prerequisite social, emotional, and cognitive
  1 22 skills.  The bill also authorizes the school district to
  1 23 charge the child's parent or guardian a fee to cover the cost
  1 24 of assessing the child's capabilities.
  1 25    Under current Code, a school district cannot under any
  1 26 circumstances admit a child to the kindergarten program unless
  1 27 the child is five years of age on or before September 15.
  1 28 LSB 1292XS 80
  1 29 kh/cl/14
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