Bill Text: HI HB938 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Bill 938 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating To Kindergarten.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-27 - Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 4 [HB938 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2017-HB938-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	938
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to kindergarten.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 302A-411, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§302A-411 Kindergarten program; establishment; attendance. (a) The department shall establish and maintain kindergartens with a program of instruction as a part of the public school system; provided that:

(1) Attendance in kindergarten shall be mandatory, unless exempted by subsection (b) or section 302A-1132; and

(2) Charter schools shall not be excluded from mandatory participation in the program.

(b) Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, any parent, guardian, or other person having the responsibility for, or care of, a child who will be at least five years of age on or before July 31 of the school year shall enroll the child in a public school kindergarten unless the child is enrolled at a private school or the child's attendance is otherwise exempt under section 302A-1132.

(c) Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, the department may allow children to enroll in a public school kindergarten, even if a child is below five years of age on July 31 of the school year, pursuant to title 8, chapter 51, of the Hawaii administrative rules.

(d) The department may accept gifts to establish and maintain kindergartens."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Kindergarten; Early Entrance for Gifted and Talented Children

Description:

Allows the Department of Education to allow early entrance to kindergarten pursuant to Title 8, Chapter 51, of the Hawaii Administrative Rules, pertaining to gifted and talented children.

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