5111 - ADMISSION TO THE DISTRICT

Students who qualify for admission to District schools, in accordance with Board of Education Policy 5111, shall be accepted when the following documents have been submitted:

A. a birth certificate or other appropriate documentary evidence

B. court orders or placement papers, if applicable

C. a school district enrollment form.

If a birth certificate is not available, the parent is to complete Form 5111 F1 and submit the documentary evidence called for therein. If custody has been established by the courts, a copy of the court order must be submitted. If such verification is not received within thirty (30) days or the document appears to be inaccurate or suspicious, the District Administrator shall notify the law enforcement.

Students without appropriate records will be admitted under temporary enrollment for a period of ten (10) days, unless extended by the District Administrator. Parents are to be so informed at the time of admission.

The sending school shall be contacted within twenty-four (24) hours of the student's entry into the school and requested to send all appropriate records.

If the school indicates no record of the student's attendance, or the records are not received within fourteen (14) days of the date of request, or if the student does not present a certification of birth or other documentary evidence, the District Administrator shall immediately notify the law enforcement agency where the student resided and the (local law enforcement agency that s/he may be a missing child.

Immunization requirements are to be in accordance with AG 5320. The staff member enrolling the student is to check the immunization record the parent submits against the requirements listed in AG 5320 to determine if there are any discrepancies or missing inoculations. If so, the parent is to be informed that the needed inoculations must be completed within the next two calendar weeks or as soon thereafter as the schedule for the missing inoculations permits. The principal is to be provided the names of all children who have not met the immunization requirements and the dates by which missing inoculations are to be completed.

A student shall be considered homeless under Federal law (42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq) if s/he is an individual who:

 

A. lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence;

B. has a primary nighttime residence that is:

 

1. a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations (including welfare hotels, congregate shelters, or transitional housing for the mentally ill;

 

2. an institution that provides temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized;

 

3. a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.

 

Students transferring from another school district must submit an official transcript from the sending school in order for the student to receive credit for course work. Report cards will not be considered sufficient evidence for granting credit toward graduation.

© Neola 2005

5111 - ELIGIBILITY OF RESIDENT/NONRESIDENT STUDENTS

The Board of Education establishes the following policy for determining the eligibility of students to attend the schools of this District.

 

A. The Board will educate, tuition-free, students who are legal residents of the District. Proof of residency will be required for registration in the District. If residency is with individuals other than a parent, it must be based on a reason other than educational purposes.

 

B. The District shall provide a free education to those students who are considered by Federal law to be illegal aliens or considered to be homeless by State-established criteria.

C. Upon request of a student's parent or guardian, students who have gained twelfth grade status and who no longer reside within the District shall be permitted to complete their high school education tuition free.

D. Students enrolled in the special education program of this District whose parents do not reside within the District may attend as tuition students with tuition computed pursuant to 121.83(1)(c) Wis. Stats. (Discretionary as to attendance, and mandatory as to calculation of tuition.)

E. Children of joint custody orders may attend school without payment of tuition if one (1) parent resides in this District or the order designates as the residential parent the parent with legal residence in the District.

F. Students, whose parents do not reside within the District, but who present evidence that they will move into the District within a short period of time, may enroll in the schools of this District as tuition students for the time not in residence. Tuition will be refunded in accordance with State law.

G. Minor students, residing in the District, but not living with a parent, may be required to provide information sufficient to allow the administration to properly determine resident status under law.

H. Tuition students may be accepted in accordance with State law and the approval of the District Administrator.

I. Nonresident students may be accepted into the District's Summer School Program upon payment of appropriate fees.

J. Nonresident students may be accepted into the District's program under the Full-Time Open Enrollment Program.

K. The District Administrator, at his/her discretion, may deny admission to a student who has been expelled from another school district, within or outside the State, for the period of unexpired time of the expulsion. When the expulsion from the other district has expired, the student is to be admitted providing all other eligibility requirements have been met.

L. Students who have begun the school year as residents and who no longer reside in the District may be permitted to complete the school year tuition free.

120.13(1(f), 121.77 et seq., 121.81, 121.84, Wis Stats.
42 U.S.C. 11431

© Neola 2007