Bill Text: IN HB1302 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Age for mandatory school attendance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-14 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education [HB1302 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HB1302-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 20-33-2; IC 20-51-1.
Synopsis: Age for mandatory school attendance. Beginning with the
2013-2014 school year, requires a student to enroll in a kindergarten
program that is at least a half-day program not later than the fall term
of the school year in which the student becomes five years of age.
Makes conforming changes.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 14, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
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(1) graduates;
(2) becomes eighteen (18) years of age; or
(3) becomes sixteen (16) years of age but is less than eighteen (18) years of age and the requirements under section 9 of this chapter concerning an exit interview are met enabling the student to withdraw from school before graduation;
whichever occurs first.
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 7. (a) In addition to the
requirements of sections 4 through 6 of this chapter, a student must be
at least five (5) years of age on:
(1) July 1 of the 2005-2006 school year; or
(2) August 1 of the 2006-2007 school year or any subsequent
school year;
to officially enroll in a kindergarten program offered by a school
corporation. However, subject to subsection (c), the governing body of
the school corporation shall adopt a procedure affording a parent of a
student who does not meet the minimum age requirement set forth in
this subsection the right to appeal to the superintendent for enrollment
of the student in kindergarten at an age earlier than the age set forth in
this subsection.
(b) In addition to the requirements of sections 4 through 6 of this
chapter and subsection (a), and subject to subsection (c), if a student
enrolls in school as allowed under section 6 of this chapter and has not
attended kindergarten, the superintendent shall make a determination
as to whether the student shall enroll in kindergarten or grade 1 based
on the particular model assessment adopted by the governing body
under subsection (c).
(c) To assist the principal and governing bodies, the department
shall do the following:
(1) Establish guidelines to assist each governing body in
establishing a procedure for making appeals to the superintendent
under subsection (a).
(2) Establish criteria by which a governing body may adopt a
model assessment that may be used in making the determination
under subsection (b).
For the 2013-2014 school year and any subsequent school year, a
student shall enroll in a kindergarten program that is at least a
half-day program not later than the fall term of the school year in
which the student becomes five (5) years of age.
(1) enroll the student in a nonaccredited, nonpublic school; or
(2) begin providing the student with instruction equivalent to that
given in the public schools as permitted under section 28 of this
chapter;
not later than the date on which the student becomes seven (7) five (5)
years of age.
(1) has legal settlement in Indiana;
(2) is at least five (5) years of age and less than twenty-two (22) years of age
(3) either has been or is currently enrolled in an accredited school;
(4) is a member of a household with an annual income of not more than one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the amount required for the individual to qualify for the federal free or reduced price lunch program; and
(5) either:
(A) was enrolled in grade 1 through 12 in a school corporation that did not charge the individual transfer tuition for at least two (2) semesters immediately preceding the first semester for which the individual receives a choice scholarship under IC 20-51-4; or
(B) received a scholarship from a scholarship granting organization under IC 20-51-3 or a choice scholarship under IC 20-51-4 in a preceding school year, including a school year that does not immediately precede a school year in which the individual receives a scholarship from a scholarship granting organization under IC 20-51-3 or a choice scholarship under IC 20-51-4.
(1) has legal settlement in Indiana;
(2) is at least five (5) years of age and less than twenty-two (22) years of age
(3) either has been or is currently enrolled in a participating school;
(4) is a member of a household with an annual income of not more than two hundred percent (200%) of the amount required for the individual to qualify for the federal free or reduced price
lunch program; and
(5) meets at least one (1) of the following conditions:
(A) The individual is enrolling in kindergarten.
(B) The individual was enrolled in a public school during the
school year preceding the first school year for which a
scholarship granting organization provides a scholarship to the
individual.
(C) The individual received a scholarship in the previous year
from a nonprofit scholarship granting organization that
qualifies for certification as a school scholarship program.
(D) The individual received a school scholarship from a
scholarship granting organization in a preceding year,
including a school year that does not immediately precede a
school year in which the individual receives a scholarship
from a scholarship granting organization.
