5112 - ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
The Governing Board establishes the following entrance age requirements for students, which are consistent with statute and sound educational practice, and directs that all eligible students be treated in an equitable manner.
Preschool
A child is eligible for entrance into preschool if s/he attains the age of three (3) on or before September 30 of the year in which s/he applies for entrance and has not yet attained the age at which s/he shall be admitted to kindergarten.
Required Documents
The Superintendent shall require that each child who registers for entrance to school provide:
- His/her birth certificate or similar documentation authorized by law as proof of age and birthdate. Acceptable forms of documentation include the following: foreign birth certificate; religious, hospital, or physician’s certificate showing date of birth; entry in a family bible; baptismal record; adoption record; affidavit from a parent; previously verified school records; or other documents permitted by law.
- A certified copy of any custody order or decree together with any modification in such an order or decree.
If such documents are not provided, the child may be admitted under the Superintendent’s guidelines. Appropriate law enforcement authorities shall be notified in the event that required documents are not provided in accordance with the provisions of R.C. 3313.672. However, a child who is placed in a foster home or residential facility (i.e., a group home for children, children’s crisis care facility, children’s residential center, residential parenting facility that provides twenty-four (24) hour childcare, county children’s home, or ESC children’s home) shall not be denied admission solely because the child does not present a birth certificate, comparable certification, or other comparable document upon registration. Such protected child shall be admitted under temporary enrollment for a period of up to ninety (90) days to present the required documentation. The protected child and/or the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian shall be so informed at the time of the child’s initial admission.
Any parent may provide the ESC with a written statement indicating that s/he does not wish to have his/her child screened.
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