Section 16-8-41
Establishment and maintenance of kindergartens and playgrounds; age limits of children admitted to kindergarten.
The county boards of education shall have power to establish and maintain within their systems of public schools kindergartens and playgrounds for the children who are bona fide residents of and living within their respective jurisdictions. If kindergartens are established and maintained, children from five to eight years of age may be admitted on such terms and conditions which county boards of education may prescribe.
(Acts 1971, No. 1935, p. 3125, § 1.)