SB2032 SD2 FA2

SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT

 

FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. 2 DATE: March 5, 2002

TO: S.B. No. 2032, S.D. 2

SECTION 1. Senate Bill No. 2032, S.D. 1, is amended by amending section 302A-411, Hawaii Revised Statutes, subsection (c) as amended by Section 2 of the bill to read as follows:

 

""(a) The department shall establish and maintain kindergartens with a program of instruction as a part of the public school system; provided that attendance shall not be mandatory. No child shall attend any kindergarten unless the child will be at least five years of age [on or] before [December 31] January 1 of the school year; provided that [a child attending a school that convenes after the regular school schedule shall be five years of age on or before one hundred twenty-five days following the date the school convenes; and provided further that the board shall develop informational guidance to promote the understanding of a child's readiness for kindergarten.] beginning with the 2005-2006 school year, no child shall attend any kindergarten unless the child will be at least five years of age before October 1 of the school year unless otherwise provided for under this subsection. For the 2005-2006 school year and in each succeeding school year thereafter, the department shall make available, upon request, to parents or guardians, an appropriate readiness assessment of children entering kindergarten who will not be five years of age before July 1 of the school year. If a child who is not at least five years of age before July 1 of the school year in which the child is to enroll in kindergarten, is assessed as ready to enter kindergarten, then the department shall allow the child to enroll.""

 

 

 

 

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