Early Childhood

The student must be at least three years of age, by the end of the school year, and developmentally disabled.

Kindergarten
The student must have attained the fifth birthday prior to 12:01 a.m., September 1 of the year of enrollment.

First Grade
The student must have attained the sixth birthday prior to 12:01 a.m., September 1 of the year of enrollment.  An exception will be made for any child who comes to the district from another state having attended the first grade in that state for not less than sixty (60) days and whose birthday falls on or before December 31 of the year of enrollment.

After completion of the first grade, children who apply for initial admission to the district's schools by transfer from non‑public schools or from schools outside the district will be initially enrolled at the grade level they attained elsewhere pending evaluation by classroom teachers, guidance personnel, where available, and the school principal.  After such evaluations have been completed the principal will determine the final grade placement of the children.

Special Education
The school district provides "special education" services additional to, supplementary with, or different from those provided in the regular school program by a systematic modification and adoption of instructional techniques, materials and equipment to meet the needs of exceptional children.

No student shall be enrolled in special education that has attained the age of twenty‑two prior to the beginning of that school year, or after the completion of a planned program.

Rio Rancho Public Schools
Adopted: June 27, 1994
Revised: August 9, 1999