File:  JEB - Entrance Age Requirements

A child may enter kindergarten or enroll in the first grade if they are five years old on or before June 15 of the year of enrollment and are toilet trained, except if the child has been identified as a child with a disability. Younger students who are otherwise eligible for admission but do not meet the district´s entrance age requirement for kindergarten may be accepted if transferring from another kindergarten program, if the principal or designee determines that placement of the student in kindergarten is appropriate.

A legal birth certificate or other acceptable record is required for enrollment age certification. The principal or designee will make exceptions to these entrance age requirements in accordance with state law pertaining to the education of military children.

Adopted: 1981

Revised: March 10, 1983, February 13, 1986, January 14, 1992, October 14, 2002,  February 10, 2014, October 30, 2017, August 16, 2021, August 14, 2023

LEGAL REFS.:  C.R.S. 22-1-115 (school age)

C.R.S. 22-20-204 (program plan requirements regarding highly advanced gifted children)

C.R.S. 22-32-119 (kindergarten)

C.R.S. 22-54-103 (10) (sets October 1 date for funding)

C.R.S. 22-54-103 (10.5) (defines pupil enrollment count day)

C.R.S. 24-60-3402 (Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children)

1 CCR 301-8, 2220-R-12.00 (highly advanced gifted children)

CROSS REF.:  IHBIB, Primary/Preprimary Education

JEA, Compulsory Attendance Ages