Plain English Breakdown
The effective date is stated as being provided by the bill, but no specific calendar date appears in the source material provided.
Early Enrollment Act
This bill amends state education laws to allow students who finished private pre-kindergarten or kindergarten but do not meet the standard age requirements to enroll early in public school.
What This Bill Does
- Amends Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, known as the Quality Basic Education Act.
- Provides for early enrollment for students who completed pre-kindergarten or kindergarten at a private school but do not meet age requirements for public kindergarten or first grade.
- Requires the State Board of Education to establish guidelines and develop a model policy for this process.
- Requires local boards of education to adopt an early enrollment policy.
- Repeals any existing laws that conflict with these new rules.
Who It Names or Affects
- Students who completed pre-kindergarten or kindergarten at a private school but are not yet old enough for public school grades under current age requirements.
- The State Board of Education, which must create guidelines and a model policy.
- Local boards of education, which must adopt an early enrollment policy.
Terms To Know
- Early Enrollment
- Allowing students who do not meet standard age requirements to start kindergarten or first grade if they completed private pre-kindergarten or kindergarten.
- Model Policy
- A sample policy developed by the State Board of Education that local schools must use as a basis for their own rules.
Limits and Unknowns
- The specific tests or criteria students must pass to qualify are not listed in this summary.
- The exact effective date is mentioned as being provided by the bill but is not specified in the text excerpt.
- This law only applies to students from private schools, so it does not cover other groups.