AGE REQUIREMENT

In accordance with a new law passed by the Alabama Legislature, Act No. 89-854 (relating to the change in birthdate for admitting students from October 1 to September 1) the following is in effect for the Tuscaloosa City School System effective for the 1990-91 school year.

Children entering kindergarten must be five years old on or before September 2. A child enrolling in school for the first time in either kindergarten or first grade must present an official birth certificate to the principal prior to enrollment.

Any underage child who transfers to Alabama from a school in another state may be admitted to school with the approval of the local board of education. Similarly, any underage child who has moved to Alabama after completing a mandated kindergarten program in another state may be admitted to first grade in this state.

Part of this legislation grandfathers all those enrolled this year in a public, private or church school kindergarten consistent with state law, which means they must be five (5) years of age on or before October 1 of this year. If their parents request, they may go into the first grade next fall.

NOTE:

In 1994, Policy JBA subsumed into policy JBC--School Admission. See Policy JBC.

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