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HOUSE BILL NO. 293 – Schools, age to start, evaluation

HOUSE BILL NO. 293

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H0293..........................................................by EDUCATION
SCHOOL AGE - Amends existing law to authorize a series of development and
readiness instruments to assess exceptional talent and abilities that
warrant admission to kindergarten or first grade at an early age.
                                                                        
02/20    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/21    Rpt prt - to Educ

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 293
                                                                        
                                   BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO SCHOOL AGE; AMENDING SECTION 33-201, IDAHO CODE,  TO  AUTHORIZE  A
  3        SERIES OF DEVELOPMENT AND READINESS INSTRUMENTS TO ASSESS EXCEPTIONAL TAL-
  4        ENT AND ABILITIES THAT WARRANT ADMISSION TO KINDERGARTEN OR FIRST GRADE.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION  1.  That  Section  33-201, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  7    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  8        33-201.  SCHOOL AGE. The services of the public schools of this state  are
  9    extended  to  any  acceptable person of school age. "School age" is defined as
 10    including all persons resident of the state, between the ages of five (5)  and
 11    twenty-one  (21)  years. For the purposes of this section, the age of five (5)
 12    years shall be attained when the fifth  anniversary  of  birth  occurs  on  or
 13    before  the first day of September of the school year in which the child is to
 14    enroll in kindergarten, except children who by reason of  special  talents  or
 15    abilities  as  determined  by  a series of development and readiness screening
 16    instruments approved by the state department of education and administered  by
 17    the  school  district,  may  start at a younger age. However, under no circum-
 18    stances may a child start kindergarten that school year if he will not  attain
 19    the  age  of five (5) years by the first day of January. For a child enrolling
 20    in the first grade, the age of six (6) years must be reached on or before  the
 21    first  day  of September of the school year in which the child is to enroll in
 22    first grade, except children who by reason of special talents or abilities  as
 23    determined  by  a  series  of  development and readiness screening instruments
 24    approved by the state department of education and administered by  the  school
 25    district,  or who have completed kindergarten in an approved kindergarten, may
 26    start at a younger age. However, under no circumstances may a child enroll  in
 27    the  first grade who will not attain the age of six (6) years by the first day
 28    of January. Any child of the age of five (5) years who has completed a private
 29    or public out-of-state kindergarten for the required four hundred fifty  (450)
 30    hours  but  has  not  reached  the  "school age" requirement in Idaho shall be
 31    allowed to enter the first grade.
 32        For resident children with disabilities who qualify for special  education
 33    and related services under the federal individuals with disabilities education
 34    act (IDEA) and subsequent amendments thereto, and applicable state and federal
 35    regulations,  "school  age" shall begin at the attainment of age three (3) and
 36    shall continue through the semester of school in which the student attains the
 37    age of twenty-one (21) years.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                
                            RS 10847
                                
This legislation is intended to provide an amendment to Section

      33-201, Idaho Code to allow for parents of children who attain

5/6 years of age between September 1 and December 31 be permitted
to petition their local school board for admission of their child
to Kindergarten/First grade without meeting the Sept 1 age
deadline.



                          FISCAL IMPACT
                                
                                
                                
There is no anticipated cost to the state general fund.

 

Contact
    Name:  Representative Gary Young
    Phone: 332 1218
Chris Storhok
Phone: 883 7214









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