00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 338(EDU)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to attendance at public school; and providing for an effective date."                                  
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 14.03.070 is amended to read:                                                                   
04            Sec. 14.03.070.  School age.  A child who is six years of age on or before                             
05       September 1 [AUGUST 15] following the beginning of the school year, and who is                                
06       under the age of 20 and has not completed the 12th grade, is of school age.                                       
07    * Sec. 2.  AS 14.03.080(c) is amended to read:                                                                     
08            (c)  A child under school age may be admitted to a [THE] public school                                   
09       kindergarten in the school district of which the child is a resident at the discretion of                     
10       the governing body of the school district if the child meets minimum standards                                    
11       prescribed by the board evidencing that the child has the mental, physical, and                                   
12       emotional capacity to perform satisfactorily for the educational program being offered.                           
13       A district's educational program must prescribe that under school age students advance                            
14       through the curriculum or grade level by the following school year.  A governing                              
15       body may delegate the authority granted under this subsection to the chief school                             

01       administrator of the school district.                                                                         
02    * Sec. 3.  AS 14.03.080(d) is amended to read:                                                                     
03            (d)  In this section, "child under school age" means a [A] child who is five                             
04       years of age on or before September 1 [AUGUST 15] following the beginning of the                          
05       school year [, AND WHO IS UNDER SCHOOL AGE, MAY ENTER A PUBLIC                                                    
06       SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN].                                                                                             
07    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2004.