Interpretive Analysis. It should be noted that G.S. 115C-364 differs from the former school entry age statute which specified separate entry ages for kindergarten and first grade. The current statute specifies a single entry age for enrollment in a public school and designates kindergarten as the initial point of entry into the system.
https://stateboard.ncpublicschools.gov/legal-affairs/resources-1/school-entry-age
May a child who does not meet North Carolina's age requirement complete a nonpublic kindergarten and enroll in the first grade in a public school the next year? Any child who enters public school at the initial entry point of kindergarten must be five years of age on or before August 31 of that school year.
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LEA decision: Age 5 by August 1 or September 30th, or by the beginning of a school term (if it starts after September 30). Oklahoma Age 5 on or before September 1
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Kindergarten Entrance Age: The date by which a student must be five years old in order to attend kindergarten. Jul. 31 – Hawaii (effective 2014-15), Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota. Aug. 1 – Arkansas, Indiana. Aug.
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If a student has not completed kindergarten and was not 5 years of age by September 15, he/she cannot enroll in kindergarten in Iowa. This situation occurs when another state/country or accredited private school has a different age cut-off date for kindergarten enrollment (such as 5 by November 1.) Per federal law, children of military families must be enrolled in the grade of the prior school regardless of age.
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Is there an age limitation for a child enrolling in kindergarten in a nonpublic school? There is no statutory age limitation for kindergarten as far as the nonpublic schools are concerned. If a child, not old enough to attend public kindergarten in North Carolina, enrolls in a private school and then transfers to a public school in the same school year, should the public school accept the student?
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Students must be 5 years of age by September 15th in order to enroll in kindergarten. If a student has completed kindergarten in an accredited public or private school, in-state or out of state, he/she may be enrolled in first grade even if the child is not 6 by September 15.
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If the child reaches the age of five years on or before August 31st of the year he is presented for enrollment, the child is eligible to enroll. If his fifth birth date falls on or after September 1st, the child is not eligible to enroll. Proof of age can be required.
https://stateboard.ncpublicschools.gov/legal-affairs/resources-1/school-entry-age
Kindergarten Entrance Age: The date by which a student must be five years old in order to attend kindergarten. Jul. 31 – Hawaii (effective 2014-15), Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota Aug. 1 – Arkansas, Indiana
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Age 5 on or before January 1 of the school year Delaware: Age 5 on or before August 31 District of Columbia: Age 5 on or before September 30 Florida: Age 5 on or before September 1 Georgia: Age 5 by September 1 Hawaii: Age 5 on or before July 31 (eff. 2014-15) Idaho: Age 5 on or before September 1 Illinois: Age 5 on or before September 1 Indiana: Age 5 on August 1 Iowa: Age 5 on or before September 15 Kansas: Age 5 on or before August 31 Kentucky: Age 5 by October 1 (current) Age 5 by August 1 (eff. 2017-18)
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age cut off for starting kindergarten
Students must be 5 years of age by September 15th in order to enroll in kindergarten.