Texas Education Code - Section 42.003. Student Eligibility
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§ 42.003. STUDENT ELIGIBILITY. (a) A student is entitled
to the benefits of the Foundation School Program if the student is 5
years of age or older and under 21 years of age on September 1 of the
school year and has not graduated from high school.
(b) A student to whom Subsection (a) does not apply is
entitled to the benefits of the Foundation School Program if the
student is enrolled in a prekindergarten class under Section
29.153.
(c) A child may be enrolled in the first grade if the child
is at least six years of age at the beginning of the school year of
the district or has been enrolled in the first grade or has
completed kindergarten in the public schools in another state
before transferring to a public school in this state.
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a student younger than
five years of age is entitled to the benefits of the Foundation
School Program if:
(1) the student performs satisfactorily on the
assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(a) to
students in the third grade; and
(2) the district has adopted a policy for admitting
students younger than five years of age.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Section: 41.253 41.254 41.255 41.256 41.257 42.001 42.002 42.003 42.004 42.005 42.007 42.101 42.102 42.103
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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