Section 7 Prekindergarten (PK) This section addresses unique attendance accounting provisions for PK. They must be applied in conjunction with the general rules in Sections 1, 2, and 3. If students are served by multiple programs, review and apply the provisions of each applicable program. Important: See Section 3 for general attendance requirements that apply to all program areas, including PK. Any school district may offer PK classes, but your district must offer PK classes if it identifies 15 or more eligible children who are at least 4 years of age on or before September 1 of the current school year. The commissioner of education may exempt a district from this requirement if the district would be required to construct classroom facilities to provide PK classes. 7.1 Responsibility List in the following spaces the name and phone number of the district personnel to whom all PK coding questions should be directed: Name: _____________________________________________________________ Phone Number: ______________________________________________________ 7.2 Eligibility To be eligible for enrollment in a PK class, a child must be 3 or 4 years of age on September 1 of the current school year and must meet one of the following requirements: 1. be unable to speak and comprehend the English language; or 2. be educationally disadvantaged (eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program [NSLP]; see 7.2.3 PK Eligibility Based on Being Educationally Disadvantaged (Eligible for the NSLP)); or 3. be homeless; or 4. be the child of an active duty member of the armed forces of the United States, including the state military forces or a reserved component of the armed forces, who is ordered to active duty by proper authority; or
Section 7 Prekindergarten (PK) This section addresses unique attendance accounting provisions for PK. They must be applied in conjunction with the general rules in Sections 1, 2, and 3. If students are served by multiple programs, review and apply the provisions of each applicable program. Important: See Section 3 for general attendance requirements that apply to all program areas, including PK. Any school district may offer PK classes, but your district must offer PK classes if it identifies 15 or more eligible children who are at least 4 years of age on or before September 1 of the current school year. The commissioner of education may exempt a district from this requirement if the district would be required to construct classroom facilities to provide PK classes. 7.1 Responsibility List in the following spaces the name and phone number of the district personnel to whom all PK coding questions should be directed: Name: _____________________________________________________________ Phone Number: ______________________________________________________ 7.2 Eligibility To be eligible for enrollment in a PK class, a child must be 3 or 4 years of age on September 1 of the current school year and must meet one of the following requirements: 1. be unable to speak and comprehend the English language; or 2. be educationally disadvantaged (eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program [NSLP]; see 7.2.3 PK Eligibility Based on Being Educationally Disadvantaged (Eligible for the NSLP)); or 3. be homeless; or 4. be the child of an active duty member of the armed forces of the United States, including the state military forces or a reserved component of the armed forces, who is ordered to active duty by proper authority; or
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