18A:38-5 - Admission of pupils under age - New Jersey Statutes

18A:38-5.  Admission of pupils under age
    No child under the age of five years shall be admitted to any public school,  except such as may be provided pursuant to law for children of his age.

    No board of education shall be required to accept by transfer from public or  private school any pupil who was not eligible by reason of age for admission on  October 1 of that school year, but the board may in its discretion admit any  such pupil if he or she meets such entrance requirements as may be established  by rules or regulations of the board.
 
L.1967, c.271.