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State of South Dakota
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EIGHTY-SECOND SESSION LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2007 |
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SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE ENGROSSED
NO.
SB 33
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01/11/2007
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Introduced by:
The Committee on Education at the request of the Department of Education
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FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
revise certain kindergarten enrollment requirements and
repeal the nursery school age requirement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 13-28-2 be amended to read as follows:
13-28-2. Any child who is five years old on the first day of September is eligible for enrollment in kindergarten during that school year. Any child who is six years old by September first is eligible for enrollment in first grade during that school year.
Any child in a kindergarten
or prekindergarten program who was in compliance with the statutory eligibility dates in effect
at the time of his enrollment may proceed in a continuous educational program without
interruption.
Any child who transfers from another state may proceed in a continuous
educational program without interruption.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 13-28-2 be amended to read as follows:
13-28-2. Any child who is five years old on the first day of September is eligible for enrollment in kindergarten during that school year. Any child who is six years old by September first is eligible for enrollment in first grade during that school year.
Section 2. That section 3 of chapter 80 of the 2006 Session Laws be amended to read as follows:
Section 3. That § 13-28-2 be amended to read as follows:
13-28-2. Any child who is five years old on the first day of September is eligible for enrollment in kindergarten during that school year.
