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Committee hears bill to allow districts discretion to admit four-year-olds past August cutoff
Summary
House Bill 1497 would permit school districts to admit four-year-old children who miss the August 1 cutoff into four-year-old preschool programs after a readiness screening, for admissions up to December 1; sponsors framed it as flexibility to avoid disrupting children already enrolled.
The Senate Education Committee heard testimony on House Bill 1497, which would let school districts admit children who do not meet the current August 1 birthday cutoff for four-year-old programs if the district and parent agree and the child passes an approved readiness screening. The allowance would extend admissions discretion through December 1 (House language originally referenced December 31; sponsors said the House settled on December 1).
Representative Roger Mackey, sponsor of HB 1497, said the change was prompted by cases in which children had enrolled, formed relationships in preschool classrooms, and then had to be…
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