3141 Nonresident Students
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Consistent with Chapter 28A.225 RCW, any student who resides outside the district may apply to attend a school in the district or file the parental declaration of the intent to provide home-based instruction and enroll for ancillary services, if any. All applications for nonresident attendance or home-based instruction will be considered on an equal basis. The district will accept nonresident students into classrooms that have vacancies, and that by accepting nonresident students it does not increase class size above district-determined limits and constitute a financial hardship for the district.
The district annually will inform parents of the interdistrict enrollment options and parental involvement opportunities. Information on interdistrict acceptance policies will be provided to nonresidents on request. Providing online access to the information satisfies the requirements of this policy unless a parent or guardian specifically requests information to be provided in written form. The district will not charge any transfer fees or tuition costs for enrolling eligible nonresident students.
The superintendent develop an application form that the parent or guardian will complete to apply for the student’s admission. The form will gather information, such as the child’s current legal residence, the school district where the student are enrolled or receiving home-based instruction, the basis for requesting release from the resident district the specific building and grade level (elementary) or course offerings (secondary) in which the student desires to be enrolled if accepted by the district.
The district must use the Standard Choice Transfer System in the Education Data System (EDS) to process those requests for student transfer enrollment into online or alternative learning experience programs or schools.
A student who resides in a district that does not operate a secondary program will be permitted to enroll in secondary schools in this district in accordance with state law and regulation relating to the financial responsibility of the resident district.
Standards for accepting or rejecting an application
The superintendent will accept or reject an application for nonresident admission based upon the following standards:
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- Whether acceptance of a nonresident student would result in the district experiencing significant financial hardship (“financial hardship” does not include routine programmatic costs associated with serving additional disabled or non-disabled students);
- Whether the grade level or classes at the building the student desires to be enrolled has the capacity for additional students;
- Whether appropriate educational programs or services are available to improve the student's condition as stated in requesting release from their district of residence;
- Whether the student’s disciplinary records or other documentation indicate a history of violent or disruptive behavior or gang membership (a gang means a group of three or more persons with identifiable leadership that on an ongoing basis regularly conspires and acts in concert mainly for criminal purposes).
- Whether the student has been expelled or suspended from a public school for more than ten consecutive days, in which case the student may apply for admission under the district’s policy for readmission and reengagement of suspended or expelled students; and
- Whether enrollment of a nonresident student would conflict with a district innovation academy cooperative under RCW 28A.340.080.
- Whether the student has repeatedly failed to comply with requirements for participation in an online school program, such as participating in weekly direct contact with the teacher or monthly progress evaluations.
Admission or denial: Notice of decision and appeal of decision
The superintendent in a timely manner will provide all applicants with written notification of the approval or denial of a nonresident student’s enrollment application. If the student is to be admitted, the superintendent/designee will notify the resident district and make necessary arrangements for the transfer of student records.
If the application is denied, the superintendent will notify the parent or guardian in writing within 45 days from receipt of the parent’s application. The notification will include the reason(s) for denial and inform the parent or guardian of their right to appeal the district’s denial decision to the Superintendent of Public Instruction or his or her designee as detailed in RCS 28A.225.230.
Children of full-time employees
- Pursuant to RCW 28A.225.225, a nonresident student who is the child of a full-time certificated or classified employee will be permitted to enroll:
- At the school where the employee is assigned;
- At a school forming the district’s kindergarten through twelfth grade continuum which includes the school where the employee is assigned; or
- At a school in the district that provides early intervention services pursuant to RCW 28A.155.065 and/or preschool services pursuant to RCW 28A.155.070, if the student is eligible for such services.
- The district may reject the application of a student who is the child of a full-time employee if:
- Disciplinary records or other evidence supports a conclusion that the student has a history of convictions, violent or disruptive behavior or gang membership; or
- The student has been expelled or suspended from a public school for more than ten consecutive days (however, the district’s policies for allowing readmission of expelled or suspended students and the required reengagement procedures under this rule must apply uniformly to both resident and nonresident applicants seeking admission, pursuant to RCW 28A.225.225(2)(b)); or
- The student has repeatedly failed to comply with requirements for participation in an online school program, such as participating in weekly direct contact with the teacher or monthly progress evaluations.
Cross References:
Board Policy 3120 Enrollment
Board Policy 3155 Homeless Students-Enrollment Rights and ServicesLegal References:
RCW 28A.225.220 Adults, children from other districts, agreements for attending school - Tuition
RCW 28A.225.225 Applications from nonresident students or students receiving home-based
instruction to attend district school - Acceptance and rejection standards - Notification
RCW 28A.225.240 Apportionment of credit
RCW 28A.225.290 Enrollment options information booklet
RCW 28A.225.300 Enrollment options information to parents
RCW 28A.250.070 Rights of students to attend nonresident school district for the purposes of enrolling in alternative learning experience programs – Standard release form.
WAC 392-137 Finance - Non resident attendanceManagement Resources: Policy & Legal News Sept. 1999; June 2003; Oct. 2015; Dec 2018
ADOPTED: 08/26/1999
REVISED: 4/27/00; 6/28/01; 11/25/03; 1/12/06; 6/07/07; 12/17/15, 2/23/2023
Procedure No. 3141P Nonresident Students
- Nonresident students who wish to enroll in Yelm Schools must first obtain a signed release from their resident district.
- The parents/guardians shall present their request for a nonresident student to attend one of Yelm’s schools to Yelm Community Schools’ district office. After providing the signed release form obtained from the resident school district, the parents/guardians will be directed to the school they wish their child to attend. If appropriate the Principal or Counselor at that school will meet with the student and parents to determine the student's educational needs and whether or not there is space available in those programs.
- Parents/guardians who present their transfer request to the district by March 15 will be informed of the district’s decision by April 30. Those received after March 15 will be informed as soon as practical.
- The Principal or Counselor shall review the student's records and history to determine the student's program needs. If the review is inconclusive, the Principal or Counselor shall arrange appropriate testing before making a placement recommendation.
- The Principal or Counselor shall complete the transfer information form and forward it to the Superintendent's Office for action.
- Transfers should only be recommended in cases where space is available to meet the student's educational needs.
- Transfers will be effective for only one academic year. Those interested in renewal must apply each year.
ADOPTED: 05/26/1994
REVISED: 01/12/06 -
3000 Policies
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QUALIFICATIONS OF ATTENDANCE AND PLACEMENT
3110 Admission and Attendance
3114 Part-time, Home-based, or Off-Campus Students
3115 Students Experiencing Homelessness: Enrollment Rights and Services
3116 Students in Foster Care
3120 Enrollment
3122 Excused and Unexcused Absences
3123 Withdrawal Prior to Graduation
3124 Removal of Student during School Hours
3125 Release of Student during School Day
3126 Child Custody
3131 District Attendance Area Transfers
3140 Release of Resident Students
3141 Nonresident Students
3142 International Exchange Students
3143 District Notification of Juvenile Offenders
STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
3200 Student Rights and Responsibilities
3205 Sexual Harassment of Students Prohibited
3207 Prohibition of Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying
3210 Nondiscrimination
3211 Gender-Inclusive Schools
3220 Freedom of Expression
3223 Freedom of Assembly
3224 Student Dress
3225 School-Based Threat Assessment
3226 Interviews and Interrogations of Students on School Premises
3230 Student Privacy and Searches
3231 Students Records
3232 Parent and Student Rights in Administration of Surveys Analysis or Evaluations
3235 Protection of Student Personal Information
3240 Student Conduct Expectations and Reasonable Sanctions
3241 Student Discipline
3242 Closed Campus
3243 Student Driving
3244 Prohibition of Corporal Punishment
3245 Students and Telecommunication Devices
3246 Use of Isolation, Restraint and Other Uses of Reasonable Force
STUDENT WELFARE
3410 Student Health
3412 Automated External Defibrillators (AED)
3413 Student Immunization and Life Threatening Conditions
3414 Infectious Diseases
3415 Accommodating Students with Diabetes
3416 Medication at School
3417 Catheterization
3418 Response to Student Injury or Illness
3419 Self-Administration of Asthma and Anaphylaxis Medications
3420 Anaphylaxis Prevention and Response
3421 Child Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation Prevention
3422 Student Sports – Concussion, Head Injury and Sudden Cardiac Arrest
3424 Opioid-Related Overdose Reversal
3432 Emergencies
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
3510 Associated Student Bodies
3515 Student Incentives
3520 Student Fees, Fines, Charges
3530 Student Fund Raising Activities Involving Students