Adopted: MSBA/MASA Model Policy 607
Revised: Rev. 2022
607 ORGANIZATION
OF GRADE LEVELS
I. PURPOSE
The purpose of this policy is to address the grade level organization
of schools within the school district.
II. GENERAL
STATEMENT OF POLICY
A. The policy
of the school district is to address the groupings of grade levels as
recognized in Minnesota Statutes section 120A.05, as follows:
B. The
superintendent may seek school board approval to administer certain programs on
a nongraded basis or a design different from that indicated. Program proposals that seek school board
approval must meet all state requirements and reflect the rationale for the
modification.
C. The school
district may request documentation that verifies a student falls within the
school’s minimum and maximum age requirements for admission to publicly funded
prekindergarten, preschool, kindergarten, or grades 1 through 12. Documentation
may include a passport, a hospital birth record or physician’s certificate, a
baptismal or religious certificate, an adoption record, health records,
immunization records, immigration records, previously verified school records,
early childhood screening records, Minnesota Immunization Information
Connection records, or an affidavit from a parent.
III. DEFINITIONS
A. “Kindergarten”
means a program designed for students five years of age on September 1 of the
calendar year in which the school year commences that prepares students to
enter first grade the following school year.
B. “Prekindergarten”
means a program designed for students younger than five years of age on
September 1 of the calendar year in which the school year commences that
prepares students to enter kindergarten the following school year.
Legal References: Minn. Stat. § 120A.05, Subds.
9, 10a, 11, 13, 17 (Definitions)
Minn. Stat. § 120A.20, Subd. 4
(Admission to Public School)
Minn. Stat. § 123B.02, Subd. 2
(General Powers of Independent School Districts)
Cross References: None