Ida Public School District
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5113 - SCHOOLS OF CHOICE PROGRAM (Inter-District)

The Board of Education has determined that it will allow nonresident students, residing within the Monroe ISD, but whose parent(s) does not reside in the District, and who qualify, to enroll in the District through a Schools of Choice program during the forthcoming school year.

The Board shall review this decision annually based on information provided by the Superintendent concerning the availability of space in each of the district’s schools and programs. The board shall determine and publish whether or not it will accept applications for enrollment by new constituent district students, contiguous district students, or tuition students by the second Friday in September for the next school year.

Any constituent or contiguous district students who were enrolled during the previous school year or semester under a Schools of Choice program will be permitted to enroll for the next school year.

DEFINITIONS

The following definitions will apply to the District's Schools of Choice program.

 

A.

Constituent District

   
 

A school district located within the Monroe ISD.

   
 

B.

Home District

   
 

A nonresident student's district of residence within the ISD.

   
 

C.

Constituent-District Student

   
 

A student who is a legal resident or otherwise legally entitled to attend school in another school district within the ISD who does not have a parent residing in the District and who seeks admission to this District under Schools of Choice.

 

D.

Program Size

   
 

The enrollment or size restrictions in a specific program, course, class or building. The District reserves the exclusive right to establish program size and to limit enrollment based upon the capability to properly allocate available resources, create and maintain a proper learning environment, and comply with contracts, grants and applicable laws and regulations.

   
 

E.

Resident Student

   
 

A student who is a legal resident of this District and is consequently entitled to attend school in this District in accordance with Policy 5111 - Eligibility of Resident/Nonresident Students.

ENROLLMENT OF NONRESIDENT STUDENTS

Students who have been enrolled in the District through a Schools of Choice Program during the previous semester or school year may continue their enrollment through graduation provided they maintain continuous enrollment and are not expelled for disciplinary reasons.

   
 

A.

If the number of applications for admission from nonresident students exceeds the number of available enrollment opportunities, enrollment priority shall be given to a sibling of a nonresident student already admitted under this program.

   
 

B.

Nonresident students shall be selected for remaining vacancies using a random selection process.

   
 

C.

Enrollment may or may not be available to any nonresident student who has been suspended, expelled or otherwise released or excluded from his/her home district for disciplinary reasons. The Superintendent shall make the decision based on the circumstances involved, in accordance with statutory restrictions.

   
 

D.

The District's Policy 2260 - Equal Educational Opportunity shall apply to all applicants under this program. In addition, the District will not discriminate on the basis of an applicant's intellectual, academic, artistic, athletic, or other ability, talent, or accomplishment, or based on a mental or physical disability.

   
 

E.

The Superintendent shall be responsible for developing and promulgating administrative guidelines to implement this policy. Such guidelines shall address at least the following matters:

   
 

1.

Communication with the parents of nonresident students seeking admission (or the student, if legally emancipated) concerning the timelines and other requirements for application as well as a statement of nondiscrimination (See Policy 2260 - Access to Equal Educational Opportunity).

   
 

2.

Participation in interscholastic athletics.

RELEASE OF RESIDENT STUDENTS

The Superintendent shall ensure that the records of a resident student who transfers to another district are sent promptly to the other district.

M.C.L. 388.1705
PA 300, 1996, as amended

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