Indiana Senate Bill 317 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-11 - Senator Yoder added as coauthor
Pending: Senate Education and Career Development Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides that a student is required to begin school in the fall term of the school year in which the student becomes six years of age. (Current law requires the student to begin school in the fall term of the school year in which the student becomes seven years of age.) Requires that a student must be at least five years of age before: (1) September 1 of the 2012- 2013 school year; (2) October 1 of the 2013-2014 school year; or (3) November 1 of the 2014- 2015 school year or any subsequent school year; to enroll in a kindergarten offered by a school corporation. Removes provisions that: (1) require the school superintendent to make a determination as to whether a child who enrolls in school and has not attended kindergarten shall enroll in grade 1 or kindergarten; and (2) require the department of education to adopt a model assessment that may be used by the superintendent in making that determination.

Kindergarten.

Sen. Randall Head [R]

Sen. Timothy Skinner [D]

Sen. Carlin Yoder [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-11		Senator Yoder added as coauthor
2011-01-11		Senator Skinner added as coauthor
2011-01-10		First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2011-01-10		Authored by Senator Head

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0317
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN0317.1.html