Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 11 - Student Services › Section CXV-1111 - Age Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Special education shall be provided for exceptional students aged 3-21, unless
				they have received a diploma. The LEA shall have the option to provide
				preschool special education to students with disabilities aged 0-2
				years.
B. Each LEA shall provide
				for and offer full-day kindergarten instruction to each eligible child in every
				school having a first grade or in a parish kindergarten center.
C. The minimum age for kindergarten shall be
				one year younger than the age required for that child to enter first grade.
1. Each local educational governing
				authority, by rule, may provide, for a child of younger age, to enter
				kindergarten provided that such child has been evaluated and identified as
				gifted in accordance with the regulations of the DOE for such evaluation. Any
				child admitted to kindergarten pursuant to this Paragraph shall be eligible to
				enter first grade upon successful completion of kindergarten, provided all
				other applicable entrance requirements have been fulfilled.
2. Any child transferring into the first
				grade of a public school from out-of-state and not meeting the requirements
				herein for kindergarten attendance, shall be required to satisfactorily pass an
				academic readiness screening administered by the LEA prior to the time of
				enrollment for the first grade.
3.
				Any child not able to meet the kindergarten attendance requirements of this
				Section due to illness or extraordinary, extenuating circumstances as
				determined by the local educational governing authority, shall be required to
				satisfactorily pass an academic readiness screening administered by the LEA
				prior to the time of enrollment for the first grade.
4. For the 2021-2022 school year, every
				parent, tutor, or other person having control or charge of a child who is
				eligible to attend full-day kindergarten, as a prerequisite to enrollment in
				any first grade of a public school, shall:
a.
				send such child to attend public or nonpublic fullday kindergarten for a full
				school year; or
b. ensure that such
				child has been administered and has satisfactorily passed an academic readiness
				screening prior to the time established for the child to enter first
				grade;
c. each city, parish, or
				other local public school board shall establish the academic readiness level
				for entry into the first grade.
5. Beginning with 2022-2023 school year,
				every parent, tutor, or other person having control or charge of a child who is
				eligible to attend full-day kindergarten, as a prerequisite to enrollment in
				the first grade of a public school, shall:
a.
				send such child to attend a public or nonpublic full-day kindergarten for a
				full school year; and
b. ensure
				that such child has been administered and has satisfactorily passed an academic
				readiness screening administered by the LEA prior to the time of enrollment in
				the first grade;
c. each city,
				parish, or other local public school board shall establish the academic
				readiness level for entry into the first grade.