RSA 198:48-a Alternative Kindergarten Programs.

I. A school district that currently does not operate a kindergarten program within an approved public school maintained by the local district or currently does not contract with another established public kindergarten program for the education of its resident kindergarten pupils, may submit to the commissioner of the department of education a local plan for an alternative kindergarten program based upon contractual arrangements with one or more nonpublic, non-sectarian schools or facilities. An alternative kindergarten program shall be:
(a) Offered immediately preceding the other elementary grades.
(b) Designed primarily for 5-year-olds.
(c) Available at district expense to all kindergarten-aged children who reside in the district.
II. An alternative kinderga