Kindergarten Eligibility Requirements.
Effective Fall 2020, students must turn five years old by Dec. 31 of the school year they wish to begin Kindergarten.
Alberta's New Standardized Age of Entry
To comply with Alberta's new Education Act and subsequent Early Childhood Services Regulations, Kindergarten eligibility requirements will be changing, effective Fall 2020. The new standardized age of entry requires students to turn five by Dec. 31 of the school year they wish to begin Kindergarten. This change allows students born between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2019, to register for Kindergarten for the 2024/25 school year.
