Adoption of this amendment will REMOVE the unfunded mandate from SB34.
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Amend section 1, page 2, line 8, by deleting:
“4, 7 and 8,” and inserting:
“4 and 7,”.
Amend section 1, page 2, line 15, by deleting:
“subsections 7 and 8,” and inserting “subsection 7,”.
Amend section 1, page 2, line 43, by deleting “10” and inserting “8”.
Amend section 1, pages 3 and 4, by deleting lines 6 through 45 on page 3 and lines 1 through 6 on page 4, and inserting:
“7. Upon the request of a parent or legal guardian of a child, a school district may allow the child to enroll in kindergarten before the child is 5 years of age if the school district determines that:
(a) The child is gifted, as defined by the State Board; and
(b) It would be in the best interests of the child to be enrolled in kindergarten before the child is 5 years of age.
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The parent or legal guardian shall pay any
costs associated with determining whether the child is gifted. If the child
completes kindergarten that school year, he must be admitted to the first grade
before he is 6 years of age. If the child subsequently completes the first
grade, he must be admitted to the second grade in the following year before he
is 7 years of age. The enrollment of a child pursuant to this subsection must
be counted for purposes of apportionment.”.
Amend section 1, page 4, line 7, by deleting “10.” and inserting “8.”.
Amend section 1, page 4, by deleting lines 9 through 14 and inserting:
“child:
(a) Who is 7 years of age on or before September 30 of the next school year; and
(b) Whose parents waived his attendance from kindergarten pursuant to subsection 4, to determine whether the child is prepared”.
Amend section 1, page 4, line 19, by deleting “11.” and inserting “9.”.
Amend section 1, page 4, line 26, by deleting “12.” and inserting “10.”.
Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 3 through 5 and adding a new section designated sec. 3, following sec. 2, to read as follows:
“Sec. 3. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.”.
Amend the title of the bill by deleting the first through fifth lines and inserting:
“AN ACT relating to pupils; authorizing school districts, upon request of a parent, to allow early admittance to kindergarten for certain children; revising provisions governing admittance to first and second grades for certain children who complete kindergarten at an early age;”.