Key Votes
HB 4513 - Increases Minimum Age for Beginning Kindergarten - Key Vote
Michigan Key Votes
Stages
- June 26, 2012 Executive Signed
- June 13, 2012 Senate Bill Passed
- May 31, 2012 House Bill Passed
- April 12, 2012 Introduced
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - June 26, 2012
Title: Increases Minimum Age for Beginning Kindergarten
Signed by Governor Rick Snyder
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (36-1) - June 13, 2012
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (64-45) - May 31, 2012 (Key vote)
Title: Increases Minimum Age for Beginning Kindergarten
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that gradually increases the minimum age required for kindergarten enrollment.
Highlights:
- Increases the minimum age required for kindergarten enrollment in the following increments, whereas existing law required children to have reached age 5 by December 1 of the school year of enrollment (Sec. 1147):
- Children who are at least 5 years old by November 1, 2013 can enroll for the 2013-2014 school year;
- Children who are at least 5 years old by October 1, 2014 can enroll for the 2014-2015 school year; and
- Children who are at least 5 years old by September 1, 2015 can enroll for the 2015-2016 school year.
- Authorizes a parent or guardian to enroll a child who will turn 5 years old by December 1 of the school year, if the parent or guardian submits a letter of intention to the school district no later than June 1 before the school year begins (Sec. 1147).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - April 12, 2012
Title: Increases Minimum Age for Beginning Kindergarten
