The Department of Education shall, prior to the start of School Year 1998-1999, develop a policy and implement procedures by which children, who will have reached the age of five (5) within one hundred twenty-five (125) days after the beginning date of classes on the school calendar in the attendance area where they live and are designated to attend, and whose parents or guardians so desire, will be screened to determine readiness for school.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 24-026:3 (May 15, 1997) as 17 Guam Code Ann. § 6103.1. Amended by P.L. 24-142:11 (Feb. 27, 1998). Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 26-026:3 (July 5, 2001). Amended by P.L. 26-029:2 (July 19, 2001), P.L. 26-104:3 (June 11, 2002).

2013 NOTE: This section was originally codified from GC § 11401.2, entitled “”Early Entrance Date; The Public Schools: Gifted Children.”” Codified as 17 Guam Code Ann. § 6104. Reenacted as 17 Guam Code Ann. § 6107 by P.L. 26-026:3 (July 5, 2001).