From the ECS State Policy Database Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower)

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary TN Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Kindergarten Age H.B. 2566 Sets kindergarten entrance age. Children entering kindergarten shall be five years of age on or before August 31 for the 2013-2014 school ye... More... HI Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 School Entry Barred After Age 20 H.B. 2077 Repeals portion of section 302A-1134 that barred a student age 17 or older from entering grade 9, and that barred a student age 18 or older ... More... IL Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Professional Development for Department of Human Services Staff; 1st Grade Start Age for Certain Students H.B. 806 Requires the department of human services to operate a comprehensive professional development system called the Gateways to Opportunity prog... More... WI Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 A.B. 119 Beginning on September 1, 2011, a school board may not enroll a child in the first grade in a school in the school district, including in a ... More... ND Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Entrance Ages, Upper Statutory Age H.B. 1378 Modifies 15.1-06-01. Changes the cut-off date for enrollment in grade one from September first to August first. For kindergarten, the cut-of... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Compulsory School Age S.B. 543 Requires a person having custody or control of a child who is below the compulsory school age but enrolled in kindergarten in a public schoo... More... IL Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Upper Statutory Age for a Student with Disabilities H.B. 817 In the definition of children with disabilities, provides that an eligible student who requires continued public school educational experien... More... OR Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Defines "Person in Parental Relationship" S.B. 215 Defines "Person in parental relationship" as an adult who has physical custody of a child or resides in the same household as the child, int... More... NC Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School Admission Requirements H.B. 150 Modifies school admission requirements. Moves cut-off date for enrollment to August 31 from October 16. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Permitting Attendance of Students to Age 26 H.B. 1137 Permits students who are at least 21 years of age and under 26 years of age on the first day of September of any school year to be eligible ... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Alternative Pathways to a Diploma H.B. 1051 Finds that the state's commitment to providing a basic education for all public school students under the age of twenty-one should continue ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 kindergarten entrance age S.B. 217 Lowers the age of enrollment in kindergarten in public school from 5 by September 1 in 2009-2010, for the 2010-2011 school year the cutoff a... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Kindergarten Attendance S.B. 33 Amends 13-28-2 to read: Any child who is five years old on the first day of September is eligible for enrollment in kindergarten during that... More... NV Adopted 01/2006 P-12 Maximum Age for a High Schooler NAC 387.345 Establishes rules regarding maximum age for a high school pupil in Nevada -- to allow for basic support apportionment for pupils who are ove... More... CO Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 High School Dropout Parental Notice S.B. 164 Requires districts to provide written notification to parents of a high school dropout who is not subject to compulsory education laws. Stat... More... IL Signed into law 01/2005 P-12 School Code H.B. 757 Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code to allow a child with a disability who has completed four years of high sch... More... IL Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Compulsory School Age; Alternative Education S.B. 2918 Increases the compulsory school age from 16 to 17 years of age, with exceptions. Provides that certain provisions that apply to truant offic... More... IL Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Student Enrollment S.B. 2115 Amends the School Code. Allows a school or school district to deny enrollment to a student 16 years of age or older for one semester for fai... More... KS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Postsec. Compulsory Attendance Exemption for Concurrently Enrolled Students H.B. 2795 (multiple provisions) Section 1: Allows student age 16 or 17 to be exempt from compulsory attendance requirements if student is regularly enrolled in a school and... More... RI Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 First Grade Entrance Age S.B. 593 This act would provide that a child, who has or will have completed six (6) years of life on or before September 1, rather than December 1, ... More... ME Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Enrollment Age EligibilitySAME AS: 592 S.P. 201 Regards age eligibility for enrollment in a public secondary school; authorizes the Commissioner of Education to waive on a case-by-case bas... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Minimum Compulsory School Age S.B. 2394 Provides that the Compulsory School Attendance Law shall apply to any 5-year-old as of September 1st of an academic year, and who is already... More...