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Policy No. 3131
Students

OPEN ENROLLMENT IN-DISTRICT TRANSFERS (OPEN
ENROLLMENT)

District Attendance Area Transfers
Each student in the district is required to attend the school designated for the geographic attendance
area in which he or she resides.

Hthereis-classroom-and/or-pregram-space,A parent or guardian may request that his or her child be
allowed to attend another school in the district. Requests must be submitted, in writing, to the princi-
pal of the building at which the student is currently assigned. Secondary students who request attend-

ance area transfers are subject to the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association’s eligibility
rules.

Transfers may be granted if:

A. A financial, educational, safety, or health condition affecting the student would be reasonably im-
proved as a result of the transfer;

B. Attendance at another school in the district is more accessible to the parent's place of work or to
the location of child care; or

€. There is some other special hardship or detrimental condition affecting the student or the student's
immediate family which would be alleviated as a result of the transfer. Special hardship or detri-
mental conditions may include a student who moves to a new attendance area in the district dur-

ing the school year. The student may elect to transfer at the time of the move or at the end of the
semester or grading period. For a high school sophomore or junior, transfers may only be ap-
proved to coincide with the beginning of a new grading period. A senior may elect to finish the
school year without transferring to. a new school but must declare his or her preference prior to the
beginning of the last semester.

Transfers must be granted if the student is a child of-an-a full-time certificated or classified school

employee atthe-seheo! unless: REW28A2252705

A. The student has a history of convictions, violent or disruptive behavior, or gang membership;

B. The student has been expelled or suspended from school for more than ten consecutive days; or

C. Enrollment of a non-resident child would displace a child who is a resident of the district (the res-
ident child must be permitted to remain enrolled until he or she completes his or her schooling).

Parents shal will be informed annually of the district's attendance area transfer option. The district
shalt will make available for public inspection the Superintendent of Public Instruction's annual in-
formation booklet on enrollment options in the state at each school building, the central office and lo-
cal public libraries. This information will also be available on the website of the Superintendent of
Public Instruction.

Reporting Transfers out of the district

When students move out of the district without notification of where they will be enrolling once they

have moved, it can be challenging to know how to report the transfer appropriately and ensure the
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Policy No. 3131
Students

Legal References: RCW 28A.225.225 Applications from nonresident students or stu-
dents receiving home-based instruction to attend
district school — School employees' children —
Acceptance and rejection standards — Notifica-
tion

RCW 28A.225.270  Intradistrict enrollment options policies
RCW 28A.225.290 Enrollment options information booklet
RCW 28A.225.300 Enrollment options information to parents

Management Resources:

Policy News, June 2003 Enrolling Children of School Employees

Adoption Date: August 15, 2005
Revised: June 2, 2015

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