General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5674 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1302 *01302* Referred to Committee on EDUCATION Introduced by: REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5674 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1302 *01302* Referred to Committee on EDUCATION Introduced by: REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING THE DATE ON WHICH A CHILD MUST TURN FIVE YEARS OLD IN ORDER TO ENROLL IN KINDERGARTEN. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 10-15c of the general statutes be amended to require a child to be five years of age by October first of the year such child enters school. Statement of Purpose: To require students to have reached age five by October first of the year they enter kindergarten.