R277-730-3. Half-Day Kindergarten Options

(1) Each LEA shall provide and communicate half-day kindergarten options during the time of priority registration and after priority registration for a parent wanting to enroll the parent's child in a half-day option. (2) The curriculum of a half-day kindergarten option shall align with the minimum standards for kindergarten as defined in Subsection R277-730-2(5). (3) An LEA's half-day kindergarten options may include: (a) a half-day option within a full-day kindergarten program; or (b) a half-day kindergarten class. (4) An LEA shall offer a half-day kindergarten class when 19 or more students enroll as half-day kindergarten students during the LEA's designated priority registration within the students' boundary school or regional school within the LEA. (5) Nothing in this subsection prohibits an LEA from offering a half-day kindergarten class outside of the requirements listed in this rule.