Bill Text: MI SB0492 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Education; attendance; eligibility for kindergarten early entry for school of choice students; revise school code to allow. Amends sec. 1147 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1147).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-12-31 - Assigned Pa 0479'14 With Immediate Effect [SB0492 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-SB0492-Engrossed.html
SB-0492, As Passed Senate, October 16, 2013
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 492
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1147 (MCL 380.1147), as amended by 2012 PA 198.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1147. (1) A child who is a resident of a school district
that does not provide kindergarten and who is at least 5 years of
age on the first day of enrollment of the school year may attend
school in the school district.
(2)
In a school district that provides kindergarten, until the
2013-2014
school year, a child who is a resident of the school
district
may enroll in the kindergarten if the child is at least 5
years
of age on December 1 of the school year of enrollment.
Subject to subsection (3), for the 2013-2014 school year, a child
who resides in the school district may enroll in kindergarten if
the child is at least 5 years of age on November 1, 2013. Subject
to subsection (3), for the 2014-2015 school year, a child who
resides in the school district may enroll in kindergarten if the
child is at least 5 years of age on October 1, 2014. Subject to
subsection (3), beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, a child
who resides in the school district may enroll in kindergarten if
the child is at least 5 years of age on September 1 of the school
year of enrollment.
(3) If a child residing in the school district or a child
eligible to enroll in and be counted in membership in the school
district under section 105 or 105c of the state school aid act of
1979, MCL 388.1705 and 388.1705c, is not 5 years of age on the
enrollment eligibility date specified in subsection (2), but will
be 5 years of age not later than December 1 of a school year, the
parent or legal guardian of that child may enroll the child in
kindergarten for that school year if the parent or legal guardian
notifies
the school district in writing not later than June 1
before
the beginning of the school year that
he or she intends to
enroll
the child in kindergarten . If a child described in this
subsection
becomes a resident of the school district after June 1,
the
child's parent or legal guardian may enroll the child in
kindergarten
for that school year if the parent or legal guardian
submits
this written notification to the school district not later
than
August 1 before the beginning of that school year. for that
school year. A school district that receives this written
notification may make a recommendation to the parent or legal
guardian of a child described in this subsection that the child is
not ready to enroll in kindergarten due to the child's age or other
factors. However, regardless of this recommendation, the parent or
legal guardian retains the sole discretion to determine whether or
not to enroll the child in kindergarten under this subsection.
(4) The ages prescribed in this section for a child's
eligibility for enrollment in a school district also apply to a
child's eligibility to enroll in a public school academy.
(5) If a school district or public school academy enrolls any
children in kindergarten for a school year under subsection (3),
the school district or public school academy shall notify the
department of the number of those children enrolled by not later
than December 31 of that school year.
