22 Pa. Code § 53.1. Age groups.

AGE

§ 53.1. Age groups.

(a)  The age groups within the scope of nursery and kindergarten education shall be classified as follows:
   (1)  Three and four-year-olds—nursery school.
   (2)  Five-year-olds–kindergarten.
(b)  The minimum age for entrance into nursery school may not be less than 2 years 7 months before the first day of the school year.
(c)  The minimum age for entrance into kindergarten may not be less than 4 years 7 months before the first day of the school year.

Authority

   The provisions of this §  53.1 amended under the Private Academic Schools Act (24 P. S. § §  6701—6721).

Source

   The provisions of this §  53.1 adopted June 11, 1968, effective June 26, 1969; amended October 22, 1976, effective October 23, 1976, 6 Pa.B. 2665; amended August 26, 1988, effective August 27, 1988, 18 Pa.B. 3805. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (30552).

No part of the information on this site may be reproduced for profit or sold for profit.

This material has been drawn directly from the official Pennsylvania Code full text database. Due to the limitations of HTML or differences in display capabilities of different browsers, this version may differ slightly from the official printed version.