Age to start school: Age Requirements for Entry Into Public School

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Age Requirements for Entry Into Public School

Reply to: Laura E. Crumpler Education Section Tel: (919) 716-6920 Fax: (919) 716-6764

September 16, 2003

T. Brooks Skinner, Jr. General Counsel North Carolina Department of Administration 116 West Jones Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27603

RE: Advisory Opinion: Age Requirements For Entry Into Public School; N.C.G.S. §§ 115C-288 and 364 (2001)

Dear Brooks:

You have written on behalf of the Division of Non-Public Education to request the opinion of this office regarding the statutory requirements for entering public schools. In particular you seek an interpretation of the statutes governing the age requirements for initial entry into kindergarten as well as the effect of such age requirements upon subsequent initial enrollment by a student. This office last addressed these issues in 1972. Since that time, the General Assembly has added kindergarten education to the public school system and has accordingly amended the statutes pertaining to initial enrollment. In light of those changes, we do not believe the opinions expressed in 1972 are consistent with current statutes.

N.C.G.S.: § 115C-364 (2001) governs the right to initial entry to the public schools. That statute provides, in pertinent part, as follows:

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(c) The initial point of entry into the public school system shall be at the kindergarten level. If the principal of a school finds as fact subsequent to initial entry that a child, by reason of maturity can be more appropriately served in the first grade rather than in kindergarten, the principal may act under G.S. 115C-288 to implement this educational decision without regard to chronological age. The principal of any public school may require the parent or guardian of any child presented for admission for the first time to that school to furnish a certified copy of the child’s birth certificate, which shall be furnished by the register of deeds of the county having on file the record of the birth of the child, or other satisfactory evidence of date of birth.

(Emphasis added)

It is clear under this statute that in order to be entitled to “initial entry” into public school, a child must be five years old by October 16 “of that school year. ” Since “initial point of entry” is defined unequivocally to be “at the kindergarten level,” it follows that in order to be admitted to public school, a child must have reached age 5 on or before October 16 of the kindergarten year. The statute contains two exceptions to this admission cut-off date: (a) a child who has transferred in from another state who entered public schools in that state pursuant to that state’s age requirements; and (b) a child who does not meet the October birth date requirement but is determined by the principal to be gifted and mature in accordance with subsection (d) of

N.C.G.S.: § 115C-364. A child who comes within one of these two exceptions is entitled to enroll in public kindergarten despite the fact that he or she was not five years old by October 16 of that school year.
N.C.G.S.: § 115C-364 addresses only the age requirement for the “initial point of entry” into public schools, i.e., kindergarten, and does not address the enrollment of a child in North Carolina public schools in subsequent years. N.C.G.S. § 115C-288 (a)(2001), however, provides that the “principal shall have the authority to grade and classify pupils.” It is our opinion that this statute gives the principal of the school the authority to decide the appropriate grade placement for any student, provided the student meets the age requirement for initial entry into public school. This opinion is consistent with N.C.G.S. § 115C-364(c) which specifically states that, “If the principal of a school finds as fact subsequent to initial entry that a child, by reason of maturity can be more appropriately served in the first grade rather than in kindergarten, the principal may
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act under N.C.G.S. § 115C-288 to implement this educational decision without regard to chronological age.”

In sum, unless a child qualifies for one of the two exceptions set out in N.C.G.S. § 115C364, a principal has no discretion with regard to the age at which a child may initially enroll in public school — by statute a child must have reached age 5 on or before October 16 of the kindergarten year. Once a child is old enough to enroll in public school, however, his or her grade placement in the initial year or any subsequent years is governed by N.C.G.S. §§ 115C288(a) which gives the principal the discretion to place a child in any appropriate grade.

We hope this response adequately addresses your inquiry.

Sincerely,

Grayson Kelley Senior Deputy Attorney General

Thomas J. Ziko Special Deputy Attorney General

Laura E. Crumpler Assistant Attorney General

LEC/nak

What is the ‘right’ age to start school?

Few if any of us can remember our first day at school. For me, it was the only day in my school career that I wasn’t behind in my homework!

Depending on the jurisdiction, one may have first attended school at the age of five, six or seven. Educationalists have been debating over the last decade the pros and cons of delaying the start of formal schooling until the age of seven.

The trend in the UK primary school curriculum over recent years has been towards an earlier start to formal instruction. Many, such as the Liberal Democrats claim this has resulted in an erosion of learning through play and so they advocate a “truly play-based” education with the age of formal schooling to be raised to seven in Scotland..

Children in England are admitted into reception classes in primary schools at the age of four. For those whose birthdays are in the summer months, they would have only just turned four.

In N Ireland the school starting age is four, the youngest in Europe. Children normally begin school in the September of the school year after their fourth birthday. If their birthday falls between 2 July and August 31, they do not begin school until the following September.

This stands in contrast to the vast majority of other European countries, many of which currently enjoy higher levels of educational achievement. In Europe, the most common school starting age is six, and even seven in some cases such as Finland.

Some researchers hold that the younger a child commences school, the higher the risk of them developing behavioural issues or speech and language difficulties. With the current inflexible system, it may mean that every year some children begin their school life at a time that might not be the best for them.

A good starting point in this discussion is to ask the question – When are children “ready” for school?

It is a question that is not often asked. We all develop at different rates on the different stages along the road to maturity but when ‘starting out’ there are many considerations that need to be taken into account.

In focusing on ‘developmental readiness,’ one of the first considerations is to see how the child/children can cope being apart from those who make up their world as they know it. The already established emotional connections and dependencies by the age of five can be very strong and while we all have to handle ‘separation’ at some time, not all circumstances are the same.

In developing their ‘separateness,’ children must also come to discover new things about themselves through their interacting with other children. As in any group, there will be those who are assertive and those who are shy or even afraid. Physical development can impact on this too as infants experience a sense of shared space.

All the evidence from international comparisons and psychological research of young children’s development points to the advantages of a later start to formal instruction, particularly in relation to literacy.

Dr Carmel Brennan, director of practice with Early Childhood Ireland, believes the first five years of children’s lives are crucial for them to explore their own interests.

“They are in the process of finding out who they are and we don’t want to start disciplining their minds too early. They are also ‘bodily active human beings,’ Their bodies are as important as their minds for learning, so we should not be rushing them into a classroom where they may be sitting for much of the day.”

Play-based pre-school activities allow children to learn in the safe environment of the home that they are familiar with and the key question is when should the transition between these surroundings and the start of “normal” schooling begin?

Independent schools have many varied starting ages. We read about the success of countries that are hailed for their approach with children beginning their school-life at the age of seven where the focus is on playful, creative learning in pre-school (Finland, Sweden and Denmark). It raises more questions about what is best.

The issue of ‘readiness’ is not easy to define. We can all come up with certain types of knowledge, specific skills or abilities that we think would be important when children start school. Basic social and emotional skills are also required to be able to participate in group learning sessions or whole class activities, as well as when working at a shared desk or playing games.

Within a formal setting of the structured classroom, demands will often be made of children that they would never have experienced before. These include having to concentrate for a length of time, listening and taking instruction from the classroom teacher and assistants and copying verbal and hand signal cues as a way of learning.

The typical day is built around formality and focus, something that is far from the spontaneous play and expression that young children have been used to before their arrival at school.

Making new friends and learning from peers is another aspect of school life that brings new aspects of creativity and challenges, all taking place in their new surroundings.

Actual age has in a sense nothing to do with the “right” age to start school for any child. Social, cultural, religious and other factors particular to one’s family and the school attended can be every bit as important as the needs of individual children at any given time.

The longitudinal study, Growing Up in Ireland, found that deferring the start of school seems to be more common among more advantaged families. While just over half of children born to low-income families in June 2008 started school in September 2012, then aged four years and four months, fewer than one in four children born the same month in families with the highest income levels did so.

This is significant because research links school readiness to future academic achievement, employment and behaviour.

In Ireland, children can be enrolled at primary school from the age of four years – and must start formal education by the age of six. The age profile of junior infants has been slowing rising since the beginning of the century.

In the millennium year, almost half of junior infants were still aged four by January 1st, according to Department of Education statistics. In 2016, just under a third (32%) of junior infant pupils had not yet turned five at the same stage.

All this points to possible changes going forward as we continue to re-evaluate the essentials of children’s early years development and how best to approach formal schooling.

Maximum age at school entry

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Please help me. I can not find the law for the MoD on the maximum age for admission to school. More precisely, we need an answer to the question – What are the consequences for the school if it accepts a 9-year-old child in grade 1?

at 9?
no…

So they tell me that the maximum age for adopting a child is 8,type is no longer possible, only a correction. I can’t find anything like this anywhere in the law.

I don’t remember, but I read somewhere that before 6.5 years and after 8, on September 1, you need permission from the commission to drag

I wish there was such a thing in the law!

6. All children who have reached the age of at least 6 years 6 months by September 1 of the current year in the absence of contraindications for health reasons, but no later than they reach the age of 8 years, are admitted to the first class.

Appendix
to the order of the Moscow Department of Education
dated 03/16/2010 No. 681

Rules for admission of children to the first grade
state educational institutions
of the system of the Moscow Department of Education,
implementing basic general education programs

found on the school website

Admission of children for education at an earlier age is carried out with the permission of the Department of Education of the city of Moscow or the district administration and the conditions in the educational institution for the education of children of this category in accordance with the resolution of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation dated November 28, 2002 No. 44 “On introduction of sanitary and epidemiological rules and regulations SanPiN 2.4.2.1178-02”.

nothing is written about older than 8

So I can’t find anything over 8 years old…

http://www.educom.ru/ru/Appeals/ write there!
Department of Education also has hotlines

How did it happen that a child didn’t go to school until he was 9 years old? And what will it be like in the classroom among the small fry?

you are asking the wrong question. Probably, not on a simple whim, a child by the age of 9 is not at school.

Law of the Russian Federation “On Education” dated 10.07.1992 N 3266-1,
Article 19. General education, item 2. “Education of children in educational institutions that implement programs of primary general education begins when they reach the age of six years and six months in the absence of contraindications for health reasons, but not later than when they reach the age of eight years. At the request of the parents (legal representatives), the founder of the educational institution has the right to allow admission of children to educational institutions for education at an earlier age.
I don’t know what the consequences for the school are, but the order for admission to the first grade of the child 9years is invalid by definition, because contrary to the law.

But what about children who, according to medical testimony, simply could not go to school at the age of 8? Why won’t they learn at all? The law says NOTHING about what happens to such children…

There are reasons for this, and very serious ones.

Lena, why are you looking for an answer to such a serious question here. Well, call the department and write a letter so that they give you an official answer! Well, honestly, sit here, listen to other people’s conjectures and only get upset!

Letter written, no reply yet.

Lena, well, my heart is already aching because of you. do not seek advice here, go to the Moscow department for advice.
I applied once, all the questions were answered, and ask for an official answer!
1. http://www. educom.ru/ru/Appeals/ write there!
2. The department of education also has hotlines, call
too 3. and finally, when you enter point 1, there will be a legal or legal consultation on the right by education, sign off there too.
Toka ask for a letter of response both to the mail (so that there is a piece of paper) and to soap (so faster).
Study while there is time.
Letter in Word and send everywhere! + call there!
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I don’t know who tells you such garbage about the correction, but they can’t refuse you admission … but then there may be sanctions – to you as parents why you violated federal law and did not send your child to school until 8 years old and sending child at the PMPK to clarify the possibility of passing the mass program.

We are going to PMC right now. They were there when they asked for a garden with a speech therapist and defectologist at the age of 5.

it’s clear that it’s not just like that, that’s why I’m interested

If the reasons are serious, then maybe it is worth immediately considering the issue of a correctional school or a home external study? Why would a child who already has problems add more?

don’t worry about it – the mass school will say – take it easy and go

You are just like an elephant in a china shop. I will give only 2 examples why at the age of 9 you can not come to grade 1 and not need a special school:
1. The child undergoes treatment for cancer from 6 to 9years. The intellect is completely destroyed, the child could not study, purely physically could not. Thank God he recovered and is ready to learn and, most likely, will be no worse, and maybe better than the rest. Why does he need a correction? For 2-3 years he was deprived of any kind of communication with his peers, why did he need a house. training, etc.
2. A serious accident, indeed any serious PHYSICAL illness that has been overcome. Why should a child go to a correctional school or somewhere else, and not to a regular school?

Lena, in the presence of serious “acquittal” documents and a referral from the dep. education and commission, you have no right to refuse. Without this, yes, the school will be fined.

Don’t be so nervous Thanks for the explanations, I didn’t think of such reasons. They could just answer right away without trying to spit at me

I didn’t seem to write anything terrible about the Author. A wonderful woman, I wish her only the best.

And for the future, remember: this is a public forum, where curiosity is not a vice or disgusting. It won’t hurt anyone if I find out what I didn’t know before.. everyone will only benefit

as I see fit. And this question (about a school later than usual) is very painful for people who have it, and asking them a question in the vein: “Why don’t you think about a correctional school?” no more tactful than the expression “Elephant in a china shop”, which you considered a spit in your direction. Your emoticons do not soften your words at all, by the way.

hmm.. you see, you have one experience in life, I have another. With the possibilities of my life experience, I imagined a situation in which I felt sorry for the child, and imagined how I would act. It turned out that there are “nuances” that did not occur to me.

And I actually don’t care what you soften and what not, my emoticons. I’m just used to typing like this

Let’s consider me not tactful, but satisfied with the answer? This option will suit me

ZY. our dispute will not help the author

I heard, I can’t give a link to anything, that if a child is sent to school after 8, then the school takes a certificate (or some other document) from guardianship, where the parent explains why he did not send the child on time.

Isn’t it more logical for such cases to go through the 1st grade program at home for the time remaining until September 1 and send the child to the second? Previously, there was a practice when teachers went to the homes of long-ill children. Maybe now there is something similar for special cases. These questions should also be asked to the Department.

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