Session of 1998
HOUSE BILL No. 2825
By Representative Horst
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AN ACT concerning children; relating to the
age of eligibility for attend-
10 ance at school;
amending K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-1107 and repealing
11 the existing
section.
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13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
14 Section 1. K.S.A.
1997 Supp. 72-1107 is hereby amended to read as
15 follows: 72-1107. (a) Subject to the
provisions of subsection (b), any child
16 is eligible to attend the elementary grades
in the school district in which
17 the child resides or in a school district
which has entered into an agree-
18 ment in accordance with and under authority
of K.S.A. 72-8233, and
19 amendments thereto, with the school
district in which the child resides
20 if (1) for the 1994-95
school year, the child will attain the age of six
years
21 on or before September 1 of the
school year and (2) for the 1995-96
22 school year, the child will attain
the age of six years on or before Septem-
23 ber 1 of the school year and (3)
for any school year commencing after
24 the 1995-96 school year,
the child will attain the age of six years on or
25 before August 31 of the school year or
if the child will attain the age of
26 five years on or before August 31 of the
school year and the child has
27 completed a kindergarten course entered
and attended in this state in
28 accordance with the provisions of
subsection (d);
29 (b) any child who has
completed a kindergarten course entered and
30 attended in this state in accordance with
the provisions of subsection (d)
31 (e) or who was a resident in another
state and who, while residing in such
32 other state, had entered and was in
attendance in first grade in such state
33 or who had completed in such state a
kindergarten course maintained by
34 a public school district or by an
accredited private, denominational or
35 parochial school shall be eligible to
attend first grade in this state, re-
36 gardless of age;
37 (c) subject to the
provisions of subsection
subsections (d) and (e), any
38 child is eligible to attend kindergarten in
the school district in which the
39 child resides or in a school district which
has entered into an agreement
40 in accordance with and under authority of
K.S.A. 72-8233, and amend-
41 ments thereto, with the school district in
which the child resides if (1) for
42 the 1994-95 school year, the child
will attain the age of five years on or
43 before September 1 of the school
year and (2) for any school year com-
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1 mencing after the 1994-95
school year, the child will attain the age of five
2 years on or before August 31 of the
school year;
3 (d) any child
is eligible to attend kindergarten in the school district
4 in which the child resides or in a
school district which has entered into
5 an agreement in accordance with
and under authority of K.S.A. 72-8233,
6 and amendments thereto, with the
school district in which the child re-
7 sides if the child will attain the
age of four years on or before August 31
8 of the school year, the capacity
of the kindergarten class is sufficient to
9 permit attendance of the child,
and the school district has determined
10 through appropriate screening that the
child is ready for attendance in
11 kindergarten; and
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(d) (e) any child who was
a resident in another state and who, while
13 residing in such other state, had entered
and was in attendance in kin-
14 dergarten in such state shall be eligible
to attend kindergarten in this
15 state, regardless of age.
16 Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997
Supp. 72-1107 is hereby repealed.
17 Sec. 3. This act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its
18 publication in the statute book.
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