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ENTRANCE AGE

 

 

The West Baton Rouge Parish School Board requires children entering kindergarten at the beginning of the school session for the first time to be at least five (5) years of age on or before December 31 of the calendar year in which the school year begins.  For students entering first grade for the first time at the beginning of the school session, they shall be six (6) years on or before December 31 of the calendar year in which the school year begins.  Beginning with the 1996-1997 school year, and each year thereafter, children entering kindergarten at the beginning of the school session for the first time shall be at least five (5) years of age, and those entering first grade shall be six (6) years of age, on or before September 30 of the calendar year in which the school year begins.

 

A child younger than the above may be permitted to enter school provided the child has been evaluated and identified as gifted in accordance with the regulations of the state department of education for such evaluation.  A child admitted to kindergarten shall be eligible to enter first grade upon successful completion of kindergarten, provided all other applicable entrance requirements have been fulfilled.  As a prerequisite to enrollment in any first grade any child shall meet one of the following criteria: 

 

  1. Attended at least a full day public or private kindergarten for a full year and/or,
     

  2. Satisfactorily passed the academic readiness screening test as described in the School Board's Pupil Progression Plan and curriculum guides and administered at the time of enrollment for the first grade.
     

  3. Any child transferring into the first grade from out of state and not meeting the requirements for kindergarten attendance shall be required to satisfactorily pass the academic readiness screening prior to the time of enrollment for the first grade.
     

  4. Any child not able to meet the kindergarten attendance requirements due to illness or extraordinary extenuating circumstances as described by the Superintendent shall be required to satisfactorily pass the academic readiness screening prior to the time of enrollment for the first grade.

 

Revised:  December, 1993

 

 

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยง17:222

 

West Baton Rouge Parish School Board