Once the kindergarten is established it becomes an integral part of the elementary school program and must be treated as such. If the average attendance in a kindergarten program is ten or less for the school year, the board is to discontinue the program at the close of the school year. The local school board has the right and responsibility for establishing the age at which a child can begin the kindergarten program. Once the age requirement is established, districts cannot refuse admission to a child that meets the age requirement. A district can also establish its own early admission policy to kindergarten as long as the early admission age is not less than four years.
Compulsory attendance begins at age eight.
A child coming to school for the first time may be placed in kindergarten, rather than first grade, if he or she is between the ages of four to six years. A beginner is a child who enters a school district's lowest elementary school grade that is above kindergarten. The local school board establishes the district's minimum age for beginners which may not be less than 5 years and seven months before September 1. The local school board can permit a child of beginners' age to attend the first grade and not require the child to attend kindergarten. The local school board can establish a procedure for early admission of beginners upon parental request.