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HOUSE BILL NO. 551<br /> – School age, revised

HOUSE BILL NO. 551

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H0551..........................................................by EDUCATION
SCHOOL AGE - Amends existing law to revise provisions relating to school
age for purposes of enrolling a child in first grade.

02/22    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/25    Rpt prt - to Educ

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2008

                                                                       

                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 551

                                   BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO EDUCATION; AMENDING SECTION 33-201, IDAHO CODE, TO  REVISE  PROVI-
  3        SIONS RELATING TO SCHOOL AGE FOR PURPOSES OF ENROLLMENT IN FIRST GRADE AND
  4        TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

  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. For a child enrolling in the first grade, the  age  of
 15    six  (6)  years must be reached on or before the first day of September of the
 16    school year in which the child is to enroll. Any child of the age of five  (5)
 17    years  who has completed a private kindergarten in this state or another state
 18    or a public out-of-state kindergarten for  the  required  four  hundred  fifty
 19    (450) hours but has not reached the "school age" requirement in Idaho shall be
 20    allowed to enter the first grade following successful completion of an assess-
 21    ment  designed  by  the  state department of education and administered by the
 22    school ten (10) working days prior to the start of the school's  school  year.
 23    The  assessment  designed by the state department of education shall ascertain
 24    the child's readiness to enter and be successful in the first grade.
 25        For resident children with disabilities who qualify for special  education
 26    and related services under the federal individuals with disabilities education
 27    act (IDEA) and subsequent amendments thereto, and applicable state and federal
 28    regulations, "school age" shall begin at the attainment of age three (3) years
 29    and shall continue through the semester of school in which the student attains
 30    the age of twenty-one (21) years.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                           RS 17708 C1

This legislation will amend section 33-201 of Idaho Code by
revising the provisions relating to school age for purposes of
enrollment in first grade.  This legislation will allow any child
who is of five years of age and who has completed private
kindergarten in this state or another state, or public out-of-
state kindergarten, but has not reached the "school age"
requirement in Idaho the opportunity to enter the first grade. 
Their entrance into the first grade will be permitted following
successful completion of an assessment designed by the state
department of education to gauge their readiness to enter the
first grade.  


                          FISCAL NOTE

A cost of ten-thousand dollars is requested to cover the travel
expenses of committee members to create the assessment and to
provide for any review of the assessment to take place. 





Contact
Name: Senator Joyce Broadsword 
Phone: (208)332-1392
Representative Wendy Jaquet
Phone: (208)332-1130
Rep. Donna Pence
Rep. Mary Lou Shepard
Rep. Richard Wills


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                         H 551