JEB: Entrance Age

Policy Date: 06/05/2025

CSD File: JEB

CANDIA SCHOOL DISTRICT
ENTRANCE AGE

A student may enter kindergarten if his/her chronological age will be five before September 30 of
the year of entering school.

A child will be considered for early admission into kindergarten if the following condition is met:
the child will be at least five years old by October 31 of the year for which admittance is
requested to kindergarten. There will be no exceptions for children with birth dates beyond
October 31. The parent must have completed and returned to the District Office by June 1 an
Early Admission Request form and a completed information packet for the child.

A student may enter grade one if his/her chronological age will be six before September 30 of the
year of entering school.

A birth certificate must be presented upon registration as proof of the student’s date of birth.

Incoming transfer students in grades K-8, inclusive, will be initially placed in accordance with the
data forwarded by the sending district. Such placement is tentative and subject to reassignment
by the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee.

Incoming transfer students in grade one will only be initially admitted to grade one if their
chronological age will be six before December 31 of the year of entering school or if previously
enrolled in grade one in another community and attending local schools only on a temporary
basis (ten months or less). Such placement is tentative and subject to reassignment by the
Superintendent or designee.

Statutory Reference:
RSA 193:1

Adopted: January 22, 1974
Revised: May 8, 1990
Adopted: April 5, 2001
Revised: June 5, 2025