On July 7, 2023, the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) and the Office of
Early Childhood (OEC) issued a joint memo on the recently enacted change by the
Connecticut General Assembly to raise the minimum age for automatic entry into
public school in Connecticut.
Effective in the Fall of 2024, children will need to turn five (5) on or before September 1 of
the school year in order to be automatically eligible to enroll in Kindergarten.
This is not only at Voluntown Elementary School, but every public school in the State.
To be eligible for a waiver for 24-25 your child must be turning 5 between 9/2/2024-12/31/2024.
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VES Kindergarten Updates/Information
Deadline for Waiver Submission: March 28th 2024
24-25 Kindergarten Waivers will not be accepted after this date.
Screening will happen late April/ early May.
WAIVER 24-25
More Resources
Visit the OEC's webpage about the change in Kindergarten entry age and
view the New Entry Age for Kindergarten information sheets for families
(English PDF | Español PDF).
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