FILE:  JBB

 

ENTRANCE AGE

 

 

The Washington Parish School Board shall require, beginning with the 1996-1997 school year and each year thereafter, children entering kindergarten at the beginning of the school session for the first time to be at least five (5) years of age on or before September 30 of the calendar year in which the school year begins.  For students entering first grade for the first time at the beginning of the school session, beginning with the 1996-1997 school year and each year thereafter, they shall be six (6) years on or before September 30 of the calendar year in which the school year begins. 

 

A child younger than the above may be permitted to enter school provided the child has been evaluated and identified as gifted.  A child admitted to kindergarten shall be eligible to enter first grade upon successful completion of kindergarten, provided all other applicable entrance requirements have been fulfilled.

 

EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES

 

Since age requirements for kindergarten and first grade are not consistent throughout the State, circumstances exist whereby a student could complete a kindergarten program outside the system but not meet the first grade entry-age requirement in Washington Parish.  In that situation, one of the following guides shall apply:

 

  1. A student requesting first grade placement from an outside kindergarten who does not meet the Washington Parish first grade age requirement, must have attended a full day, State approved kindergarten program to be placed in the first grade.
     

  2. A student requesting first grade placement from an outside kindergarten program who does not meet the Washington Parish first grade age requirement but has attended either an approved one-half day kindergarten program or a one-half or full day non-approved kindergarten program, must pass the Washington Parish First Grade Readiness Test in order to be admitted to first grade.

    

Revised:  December, 1988

Revised:  October, 1989

Revised:  November, 1993

 

 

Ref:     La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยงยง17:151.3, 17:222

Board minutes, 4-11-85, 10-13-88

 

Washington Parish School Board