5113.01 - ADMISSION OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING UNDER INTRA-DISTRICT OPEN-ENROLLMENT

Southern Local School District

Administrative Guidelines

5113.01 - ADMISSION OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING UNDER INTRA-DISTRICT OPEN-ENROLLMENT

Each principal shall notify the Superintendent thirty (30) days prior to the term of the programs and classrooms which have space available for nonhome-school students.

Projected enrollment of home-school students is to be determined by the principal no later than thirty (30) days prior to the start of the term.

Application for Admission

	A.	The number of openings in a particular program for nonhome-school students will be determined by optimum size for a particular program or classroom which is the number of students that can be accommodated without increasing District expenditures for staff or equipment.
	B.	Applications for admission from nonhome-school students are to be submitted to the principal of the receiving school.
	C.	Applications from nonhome-school students will not be considered until thirty (30) days prior to the school term.
	D.	When the parents of a nonhome-school student requests an application, s/he is to be informed of the prerequisites for each program or course of study in which enrollment is sought. No nonhome-school student will be enrolled in a program or course of study who has not met the prerequisites established for home-school students.
	E.	The final date for considering applications for nonhome-school students is fifteen (15) days. Nonhome-school students' applications, prior to enrollment, shall be revoked in reverse order of acceptance (last in-first out) if enrollment, at any time, of a new home-school student brings the enrollment of District students to optimum size.
	F.	Other enrollment factors being equal, nonhome-school students will be accepted on the basis of the date of receipt of the application. Revocations of application of nonhome-school students' home schools will be in reverse order of date received (last in-first-out).
	G.	The District shall not discriminate against any disabled, nonhome-school student (IDEA or 504). If a nonhome-school student becomes disabled under Section 504 or the staff finds out that a nonhome-school student is in need of special education, appropriate services are to be provided, but not necessarily in the school of attendance. If reasonable accommodation cannot be made in the school of attendance, the parents must agree, prior to enrollment, that the student will attend the District school at which the needed services are currently available or reasonable accommodation can be provided.
	H.	Enrollment in a program or school shall be subject to an agreement that transportation of the nonhome-school student is provided for by the student or his/her parents to the school of attendance or to a scheduled bus stop within the home-school attendance area. Exceptions to this requirement may need to be made for disabled students.
	I.	Applications from nonhome-school students may be rejected if the racial balance of his/her home school or the program, classroom, or school would be negatively impacted, as defined in Policy 5113.01.
	J.	Applications may also be rejected if the student has been suspended or expelled for ten (10) consecutive days or more during the semester of application or the preceding semester.
	K.	The parents of the nonhome-school student as well as the principal of his/her home school will be notified, using Form 5113.01 F1, of their acceptance no later than ten (10) days prior to the school term. If the student is not accepted, s/he is to receive Form 5113.01 F2.