# COMAR Title 13A — State Board of Education

## Subtitle 03 — General Instructional Programs

### Chapter 01 — Standards for Kindergarten Programs

**Authority:** Education Article, §§2-205(h), 4-110, 7-203, 7-204, and 8-403, Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: February 24, 1965

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02 repealed and new Regulation .02 adopted effective April 6, 1987 (14:7 Md. R. 833)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03 amended effective February 22, 1980 (7:4 Md. R. 350)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .04 adopted effective September 22, 1978 (5:19 Md. R. 1446)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .04 amended effective July 4, 1983 (10:13 Md. R. 1181)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .04C amended effective February 22, 1980 (7:4 Md. R. 350); November 23, 1981 (8:23 Md. R. 1858); March 1, 1982 (9:4 Md. R. 332); April 23, 1984 (11:8 Md. R. 715); November 3, 1986 (13:22 Md R. 2400)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .04G amended effective July 29, 1985 (12:15 Md. R. 1524)

**Administrative History:** Chapter revised effective January 15, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3131)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03 amended effective August 15, 1994 (21:16 Md. R. 1386)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03C amended as an emergency provision effective May 2, 1989 (16:10 Md. R. 1102); amended permanently effective October 16, 1989 (16:20 Md. R. 2181)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03C amended effective September 28, 1992 (19:19 Md. R. 1709); November 6, 1995 (22:22 Md. R. 1668); March 18, 2002 (29:5 Md. R. 504)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03D amended effective November 6, 1995 (22:22 Md. R. 1668)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .04 adopted effective August 15, 1994 (21:16 Md. R. 1386)

**Administrative History:** Chapter revised effective July 19, 2004 (31:14 Md. R. 1079)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01B amended effective June 19, 2017 (44:12 Md. R. 589)

#### Regulation .01 Standards for Kindergarten Programs Operated by Public Institutions of Post-Secondary Education.

*COMAR 13A.03.01.01*

A. A kindergarten program operated by a public institution of post-secondary education shall meet the requirements of this regulation.

B. The educational program shall comply with the instructional program requirements applicable to public school kindergarten programs found in:

  (1) COMAR 13A.04.06 — Program of Instruction in Personal Financial Literacy;

  (2) COMAR 13A.04.08 — Program in Social Studies;

  (3) COMAR 13A.04.09 — Program in Science;

  (4) COMAR 13A.04.12 — Program in Mathematics;

  (5) COMAR 13A.04.13 — Program in Physical Education;

  (6) COMAR 13A.04.14 — Program in English Language Arts;

  (7) COMAR 13A.04.16 — Programs in Fine Arts; and

  (8) COMAR 13A.04.18 — Program in Comprehensive Health Education.

C. Each teacher in the kindergarten program shall hold a Maryland teaching certificate in early childhood education.

D. The educational program shall maintain enrollment and attendance records for a period of 3 years after a child leaves the program.

E. By September 1, 1994, and every 5 years after that, the administrative head of the public institution of post-secondary education shall certify to the State Superintendent of Schools that the kindergarten program meets, at a minimum, the requirements set forth in this chapter.