BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

SB 5020: Education at 6 years of age

Concerning elementary education starting at six years of age.

Summary

Lowers the minimum age for compulsory school attendance from eight to six years old.
Amends truancy provisions to align with this change.
Requires parents who intend to have their children receive home-based instruction to file an annual declaration of intent and keep certain records beginning when a child is six instead of eight years old.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5020), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to elementary education starting at six years of age;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5020 (2025–26) Senior citizens/prop. taxes · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5020 (2021–22) Rx drug price increases · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5020 (2019–20) Restaurant soju endorsement · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5020 (2017–18) State diversity commissions · Enacted · Chapter 143, Laws of 2018
SB 5020 (2015–16) Continuity of operations · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5020 (2013–14) Indigent defense · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5020 (2011–12) Social workers · Enacted · Chapter 89, Laws of 2011
SB 5020 (2009–10) Horseless carriage plates · Did not pass · died in committee