Cedar Springs Public School District
Bylaws & Policies
 

5113 - SCHOOLS OF CHOICE PROGRAM (Inter-District)

The Board of Education has determined that it will allow nonresident students, residing within the Kent 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. Furthermore, the Board has determined that it will also allow nonresident students residing in intermediate school districts contiguous to the Kent Intermediate School District to enroll in the District through a Schools of Choice Program during the forthcoming year, provided they qualify.

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 Kent ISD Collaborative Schools of Choice Plan will be followed.

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 until they graduate from high school. This requirement does not prohibit the District from expelling a student for disciplinary reasons.

DEFINITIONS

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

A.

Constituent District
   
 

A school district located within the Kent ISD.
   
 

B.

Contiguous Intermediate School District
   
 

A school district within a different ISD which borders on the Kent Intermediate School District.
     
 

C.

Home District
   
 

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

D.

Constituent-District Student
   
 

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

E.

Contiguous District Student
   
 

A student who is a legal resident of, or otherwise legally entitled to attend school in a district within any intermediate school district which borders on the Kent Intermediate School District; does not have a parent residing in the District; and seeks admission to the District under the Schools of Choice Program.
   
 

F.

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.
     
 

G.

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.

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

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