An Act relative to changing the minimum age requirement for kindergarten

HD 773 changes Massachusetts' kindergarten enrollment rule to require children to be 5 years old by September of the school year they start. It directly affects all public school children entering kindergarten in the state. The bill amends the law to set the cutoff date as the calendar year in which a child turns 5, meaning a child turning 5 in August would start kindergarten that September. This standardizes the enrollment age requirement across school districts.