House File 100 - Introduced



                                  HOUSE FILE       
                                  BY  STRUYK, WINDSCHITL, FORRISTALL,
                                      PETTENGILL, SCHULTZ, ALONS,
                                      HUSER, MERTZ, DRAKE, and
                                      RAYHONS


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing exceptions to the age of admission to
  2    kindergarten.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1485YH 83
  5 kh/rj/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 282.3, subsection 2, unnumbered
  1  2 paragraph 3, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    No A child shall not be admitted to school work for the
  1  4 year immediately preceding the first grade unless the child is
  1  5 five years of age on or before the fifteenth of September 15
  1  6 of the current school year, except as provided in this
  1  7 section.  A school district, at the request of the parent or
  1  8 guardian, shall enroll in kindergarten a child who is five
  1  9 years of age after September 15 of the current school year if
  1 10 the child was enrolled in kindergarten in another state.  A
  1 11 school district may enroll a child in kindergarten who is five
  1 12 years of age after September 15 of the current school year and
  1 13 who has demonstrated the possession of sufficient ability to
  1 14 benefit from kindergarten work on the basis of tests or other
  1 15 means of evaluation recommended or approved by the department
  1 16 of education.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill allows exceptions to a provision that prohibits a
  1 19 child who is five years of age on or after September 15 from
  1 20 being admitted to kindergarten.
  1 21    The bill requires a school district to enroll in
  1 22 kindergarten a child who is five years of age after September
  1 23 15 of the current school year if the child was enrolled in
  1 24 kindergarten in another state and if the child's parent or
  1 25 guardian requests that the child be enrolled.
  1 26    The bill permits a school district to enroll a child in
  1 27 kindergarten who is five years of age after September 15 if
  1 28 the child demonstrates sufficient ability to benefit from
  1 29 kindergarten work using evaluations recommended or approved by
  1 30 the department of education.
  1 31 LSB 1485YH 83
  1 32 kh/rj/5