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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 783<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2025, chapter 445<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1410673,"object_type":"law","relational_id":354903,"identifier":"22.1-374","token":"22.1\/27\/4\/22.1-374","url":"\/22.1-374\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-374\/","token":"22.1\/27\/4\/22.1-374","dublin_core":{"Title":"Kindergarten and first grade entrance age","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-374","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Students<\/span> shall be allowed to continue their enrollment at the grade level in a school division commensurate with their grade level, including kindergarten, in the local education agency<\/span> in the sending state<\/span> or foreign education agency<\/span> in the sending country<\/span> at the time of transition<\/span>, regardless of minimum age. A student<\/span> who has satisfactorily completed the prerequisite grade level in the local education agency<\/span> in the sending state<\/span> or the foreign education agency<\/span> in the sending country<\/span> shall be eligible for enrollment in the next highest grade level in a school division, regardless of minimum age. A student<\/span> transferring after the start of the school year into a school division shall enter the school on his validated grade level from the local education agency<\/span> in the sending state<\/span> or the foreign education agency<\/span> in the sending country<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nKINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE ENTRANCE AGE (\u00a7 22.1-374)\n\nStudents shall be allowed to continue their enrollment at the grade level in a\nschool division commensurate with their grade level, including kindergarten, in\nthe local education agency in the sending state or foreign education agency in\nthe sending country at the time of transition, regardless of minimum age. A\nstudent who has satisfactorily completed the prerequisite grade level in the\nlocal education agency in the sending state or the foreign education agency in\nthe sending country shall be eligible for enrollment in the next highest grade\nlevel in a school division, regardless of minimum age. A student transferring\nafter the start of the school year into a school division shall enter the school\non his validated grade level from the local education agency in the sending\nstate or the foreign education agency in the sending country.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, c. 783; 2025, c. 445.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}