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FISCAL NOTE
House Bill 113
Committee: Education Policy Sponsor: Representative Pebblin Warren
Analyst: John Friedenreich Date: 02/19/2024
House Bill 113 as introduced would, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, (1) allow a
child who is five years old before September 1 to be admitted to kindergarten; (2) allow local
boards of education to admit underage children to kindergarten under certain circumstances; (3)
allow a child who completes kindergarten to be admitted to the first grade; and (4) allow a child
who has not completed kindergarten but who is six years old by December 31, and demonstrates
first-grade entry readiness, to be admitted to first grade in local public schools.
The provisions of this bill could increase the average daily membership (ADM) for
public kindergarten by an estimated maximum of 1,400 students annually, beginning in the
2024-2025 school year. This increase in kindergarten ADM would result in an estimated
maximum annual increase of $10.5 million in Foundation Program funding, beginning in Fiscal
Year 2025, using divisors, average calculated state teacher unit salary, and classroom
instructional support allowances for Fiscal Year 2024. This amount would be reduced by an
undetermined amount dependent upon the number of students attending non-public kindergarten
or demonstrating first grade readiness, as provided in this bill.
In addition, this bill would increase the obligations of the Department of Education by
an undetermined amount dependent on the cost to create a first grade readiness assessment, to be
approved by the State Board of Education, and publish essential first grade readiness skills
information on the Department's website, as required by this bill.