§ 21-4-302 — Age for registration in first grade and kindergarten; preschool programs

Wyoming § 21-4-302

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 21: Education
• Ch. 4: PUPILS
• Art. 3: RIGHT TO ATTEND SCHOOL

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(a) A pupil may register in the first grade in the public
schools of this state in the year in which his sixth birthday
falls on or before August 1, or September 15 if the child
started kindergarten pursuant to an approved request under W.S.
21-3-110(a)(xxxviii).
(b) A pupil may register in kindergarten in the public
schools of this state in the year in which his fifth birthday
falls on or before August 1, or September 15 if pursuant to an
approved request under W.S. 21-3-110(a)(xxxviii).
(c) The board of trustees of a school district may permit
the enrollment of pupils in a part-time preschool program with a
curriculum based on developmentally appropriate practices funded
by the district. The school district may:
(i) Contract with a preschool program to operate the
preschool. The program may use school district facilities or
facilities which are provided by others and may utilize the
services of personnel who are not school district personnel and
which are provided by others;
(ii) Establish a minimum attendance age for the
program, but a pupil must have attained at least his third
birthday on or before August 1 of the year in which that pupil
enrolls. A pupil who enrolls in such a preschool program shall
not be included within the district's average daily membership
(ADM) for purposes of receiving state funds or within any other
school funding formula for purposes of receiving funds from the
state, unless the pupil has attained the minimum age for
registration in kindergarten as provided in subsection (b) of
this section;
(iii) Provide, or contract with an outside
organization to provide, technical assistance, including
occasional classroom instruction regardless of the regularity of
such occasional classroom instruction, to preschool programs.
Technical assistance may be provided to preschool programs on
the basis of location, date of application for such assistance
by a program, random selection of a program, or family income,
home location, eligibility for a federal program or other
socioeconomic characteristics which correlate with risk for
unsuccessful academic performance of pupils attending the
program. No preschool program shall be required to receive such
technical assistance. A district shall not receive any
additional financial assistance from the state if the district
chooses to provide technical assistance to a preschool program
under this paragraph.
(d) A program shall not discriminate in enrollment on the
basis of sex, race, religion or national origin.
(e) A school district which provides a preschool program
under subsection (c) of this section biennially shall assess,
through the fourth grade when practical, the school readiness
and academic performance of pupils who participate in the
program as compared with those who do not participate in the
program. The results of any assessment required by this
subsection shall be open for public inspection.
(f) Nothing in this section supersedes W.S. 21-2-701
through 21-2-705.