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 9     TO AMEND SECTION 59-35-10, AS AMENDED,  OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO KINDERGARTEN CLASSES WITHIN
10     EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THIS STATE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT FULL-DAY FIVE-YEAR-OLD KINDERGARTEN
11     MUST BE PROVIDED TO ANY ELIGIBLE CHILD WHOSE PARENTS DESIRE FOR THEM TO ATTEND THAT
12     KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM, AND TO PROVIDE FOR A WAIVER OF THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS UNDER CERTAIN
13     CONDITIONS.
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15     Section 59-35-10 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 458 of 1996, is further amended to read:
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17           "Section 59-35-10.   The board of trustees of each school district shall establish and provide kindergartens for children within its
18     jurisdiction. All children in the five-year-old kindergarten program must be counted in the average daily membership of any public school district
19     when public school funds are to be apportioned to the several school districts. State aid for the five-year-old kindergarten program must be
20     distributed through the formula provided for in the  Education Finance Act' (Act 163 of 1977).
21           Beginning with school year 1996-97 1998-99, school districts which choose to offer an extended-day five-year-old kindergarten program
22     shall offer an extended day five-year old kindergarten program to all requesting parents and shall be eligible for funding for the extended day
23     equal to the EFA weight for a child attending a half-day five-year-old kindergarten program as funds are made available from the General
24     Assembly. Local match is required for the extended-day funding. Local boards of trustees shall establish policies regarding priority of service
25     in the extended-day program.  The State Board of Education may waive the full-day kindergarten requirement for a particular school district
26     on an annual basis upon application of the district if the board finds the school district does not have available space and the cost of temporary
27     classroom space cannot be justified.
28           Parents of children who are eligible to attend the extended-day five-year-old kindergarten may elect the half-day program for their children.
29     Parents intending to enroll their eligible children in a full-day kindergarten program must notify the district by January thirty-first of the year
30     of the anticipated enrollment date, except that such notice for the 1996-97 school year only must be provided by July 15, 1996. Parents moving
31     into the district after the notification date may apply for full-day kindergarten, and the district shall enroll such child in its full-day program
32     on a space available basis. Any parent or guardian of a child eligible for kindergarten may elect for their child or ward not to attend kindergarten
33     pursuant to Section 59-65-10."
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