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6-18-207. Minimum age for enrollment in public school.
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6-18-207. Minimum age for enrollment in public school.
(a)(1) A student may enter kindergarten in the public schools of this state if he or she will attain the age of five (5) years on or before August 1 of the year in which he or she is seeking initial enrollment.
(2) Any student who has been enrolled in a state-accredited or state-approved kindergarten program in another state or in a kindergarten program equivalent in another country for at least sixty (60) days, who will become five (5) years old during the year in which he or she is enrolled in kindergarten, and who meets the basic residency requirement for school attendance may be enrolled in kindergarten upon written request to the school district.
(3) A student who was enrolled in a state-accredited or state-approved kindergarten program in another state or in a kindergarten program equivalent in another country may be enrolled in kindergarten in this state upon a written request to the school district if the student:
(A) Becomes a resident of this state as a direct result of active military orders or a court-ordered change of custody;
(B) Will become five (5) years of age during the year in which he or she is enrolled in kindergarten; and
(C) Meets the basic residency requirement for school attendance.
(b)(1) Any child may enter the first grade in the public schools of this state if the child will attain the age of six (6) years during the school year in which the child is seeking enrollment and the child has successfully completed a kindergarten program in a public school in this state.
(2) Any child who will be six (6) years of age on or before October 1 of the school year of enrollment and who has not completed a state-accredited kindergarten program shall be enrolled pursuant to § 6-18-201(f
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-18-207
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6-18-207. Minimum age for enrollment in public school.
(a)(1) A student may enter kindergarten in the public schools of this state if he or she will attain the age of five (5) years on or before August 1 of the year in which he or she is seeking initial enrollment.
(2) Any student who has been enrolled in a state-accredited or state-approved kindergarten program in another state or in a kindergarten program equivalent in another country for at least sixty (60) days, who will become five (5) years old during the year in which he or she is enrolled in kindergarten, and who meets the basic residency requirement for school attendance may be enrolled in kindergarten upon written request to the school district.
(3) A student who was enrolled in a state-accredited or state-approved kindergarten program in another state or in a kindergarten program equivalent in another country may be enrolled in kindergarten in this state upon a written request to the school district if the student:
(A) Becomes a resident of this state as a direct result of active military orders or a court-ordered change of custody;
(B) Will become five (5) years of age during the year in which he or she is enrolled in kindergarten; and
(C) Meets the basic residency requirement for school attendance.
(b)(1) Any child may enter the first grade in the public schools of this state if the child will attain the age of six (6) years during the school year in which the child is seeking enrollment and the child has successfully completed a kindergarten program in a public school in this state.
(2) Any child who will be six (6) years of age on or before October 1 of the school year of enrollment and who has not completed a state-accredited kindergarten program shall be enrolled pursuant to § 6-18-201(f).
(3) Any child who has been enrolled in the first grade in a state-accredited or state-approved elementary school in another state or in the first grade equivalent in another country for a period of at least sixty (60) days, who will become six (6) years of age during the school year in which the child is enrolled in grade one (1), and who meets the basic residency requirement for school attendance may be enrolled in the first grade.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
6-18-201. Compulsory attendance — Exceptions.
(a) Under the penalty for noncompliance set by law, every parent, legal guardian, person having lawful control of the child, or person standing in loco parentis residing within the State of Arkansas and having custody or charge of a child five (5) years of age through seventeen (17) years of age on or before the date established in § 6-18-207 for the minimum age for enrollment in public school shall enroll and send the child to a public, private, or parochial school or provide a home school for the child, as described in § 6-15-501 et seq., with the following exceptions:
(1)(A) A parent, legal guardian, person having lawful control of a child, or person standing in loco parentis residing within the state and having custody or charge of the child may elect for the child not to attend kindergarten if the child will not be six (6) years of age on the date established in § 6-18-207 for the minimum age for enrollment in public school of that school year.
(B)(i) If an election is made under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section, the parent, legal guardian, person having lawful control of the child, or person standing in loco parentis shall file a signed kindergarten waiver form with the local school district administrative office.
(ii) The kindergarten waiver form shall be prescribed by rule of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.
(C) Upon the filing of the kindergarten waiver form, the child shall not be required to attend kindergarten during that school year;
(2) A child who has received a high school diploma or its equivalent as determined by the State Board of Education is not subject to the attendance requirement under this section;
(3) A child sixteen (16) years of age or older who is enrolled in
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-18-201
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 6-18-201. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.