3321.05 All-day or extended kindergarten. - Ohio Statutes

3321.05 All-day or extended kindergarten.

(A) As used in this section, “all-day kindergarten” means a kindergarten class that is in session five days per week for not less than the same number of clock hours each day as for students in grades one through six.

(B) Any school district may operate all-day kindergarten or extended kindergarten, but beginning in fiscal year 2011, each city, local, and exempted village school district shall provide all-day kindergarten to each student enrolled in kindergarten, except as specified in divisions (C) and (D) of this section.

(C) The board of education of a school district may apply to the superintendent of public instruction for a waiver of the requirement to provide all-day kindergarten for all kindergarten students. In making the determination to grant or deny the waiver, the state superintendent may consider space concerns or alternative delivery approaches used by the school district.

(D)No district shall require any student to attend kindergarten for more than one-half of the number of clock hours required each day for grades one through six by the minimum standards adopted under division (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code. Each school district shall accommodate kindergarten students whose parents or guardians elect to enroll them for one-half of the minimum number of hours required each day for grades one through six.

(E) A school district may use space in child day-care centers licensed under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code to provide all-day kindergarten under this section.

Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.

Effective Date: 07-01-1998