2020 7120
Students
SUBJECT: AGE OF ENTRANCE
Kindergarten
Students who are legal residents of the District and who reside with parents or guardians within the District at the time of the opening day of school must be five years of age or more on December 1 in order to register for kindergarten.
A student who transfers into the District at any time during the school year may be considered for admission to kindergarten by the Superintendent provided:
- The parents were not legal residents of the District on the opening day of school, and
- The student has been registered and enrolled in kindergarten in the District in which his or her parents were legal residents.
Other Grades
Admission of students to other grades will involve a consideration of both chronological age and his or her readiness to do the work of those grades.
Proof of Age
A student’s birth certificate or other satisfactory evidence of age must be presented at the time of initial registration and will be enrolled under his or her legal name.
- Education Law §§ 1712, 3202, 3212, and 3218
NOTE: Refer also to Policies
- #7130 — Entitlement to Attend — Age and Residency
- #7131 — Education of Students in Temporary Housing
Adopted: 8/24/11
Revised: 9/22/20