22/09: Michigan Kindergarten

The Michigan age requirement for enrollment in Kindergarten is December 1.


MCL 380.1147 Right to attend school; right to enroll in kindergarten provides:

(1) A person, resident of a school district not maintaining a kindergarten and at least 5 years of age on the first day of enrollment of the school year, shall have a right to attend school in the district.

(2) In a school district where provision is made for kindergarten work, a child, resident of the district, is entitled to enroll in the kindergarten if the child is at least 5 years of age on December 1 of the school year of enrollment. In a school district which has semiannual promotions, a child, resident of the district, is entitled to enroll in kindergarten for the second semester if the child is at least 5 years of age on March 1 of the year of enrollment.

See also MDE Recommends.

Comments

Kimberleyn Robinson wrote:

Are there any exceptions to this law. My daughter will be 5 on Dec 17. She is just as prepared as the other students in her preschool as the other students whose b-day may be Dec 1. Why dont we have a test to establish competency?
04/01 16:30:20

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