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SENATE BILL NO. 1241 – Prekindergarten, age

SENATE BILL NO. 1241

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S1241..........................................................by SCHROEDER
PREKINDERGARTEN - Adds to existing law to provide a minimum age requirement
for attendance in prekindergarten in school districts which conduct
prekindergarten.
                                                                        
01/10    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/11    Rpt prt - to Educ
03/03    Rpt out - to 14th Ord

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1241
                                                                        
                                        BY SCHROEDER
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO PREKINDERGARTEN SCHOOL AGE; AMENDING SECTION 33-201,  IDAHO  CODE,
  3        TO  PROVIDE A MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR ATTENDANCE IN PREKINDERGARTEN IN
  4        SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH CONDUCT PREKINDERGARTEN AND  TO  MAKE  A  TECHNICAL
  5        CORRECTION.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  1.  That  Section  33-201, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  8    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        33-201.  SCHOOL AGE. The services of the public schools of this state  are
 10    extended  to  any  acceptable person of school age. "School age" is defined as
 11    including all persons resident of the state, between the ages of five (5)  and
 12    twenty-one  (21)  years. For the purposes of this section, the age of five (5)
 13    years shall be attained when the fifth  anniversary  of  birth  occurs  on  or
 14    before  the first day of September of the school year in which the child is to
 15    enroll in kindergarten. For a child enrolling in the first grade, the  age  of
 16    six  (6)  years must be reached on or before the first day of September of the
 17    school year in which the child is to enroll. Any child of the age of five  (5)
 18    years  who has completed a private or public out-of-state kindergarten for the
 19    required four hundred fifty (450) hours but has not reached the  "school  age"
 20    requirement in Idaho shall be allowed to enter the first grade.
 21        For  resident children with disabilities who qualify for special education
 22    and related services under the federal individuals with disabilities education
 23    act (IDEA) and subsequent amendments thereto, and applicable state and federal
 24    regulations, "school age" shall begin at the attainment of age three (3) years
 25    and shall continue through the semester of school in which the student attains
 26    the age of twenty-one (21) years. For  a  school  district  which  conducts  a
 27    prekindergarten program, "school age" shall begin at the attainment of the age
 28    of four (4) years.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 15534


The purpose of this legislation is to provide a minimum age
requirement for attendance in prekindergarten in the districts
which conduct prekindergarten.  This legislation does not require
districts to have prekindergarten.  This legislation provides
language to legally allow 4 year olds to participate in
prekindergarten programs in public schools.  Some schools are
already doing this and paying for the programs with private
funds.


                           FISCAL NOTE

There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund since there is no
funding mechanism to fund prekindergarten programs from State
funds.  Some districts have acquired private or local funds to
fund these programs. 





Contact
Name:  Senator Gary J. Schroeder 
Phone: 208-332-1323


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                           S 1241