Chippewa Valley Schools
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5113 - SCHOOLS OF CHOICE PROGRAM (Inter-District)

Annually, the Board of Education votes on whether the District will opt-in or opt-out of the Schools of Choice Program. If the Board opts-into the program it will allow nonresident students, residing within the Macomb 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.

DEFINITIONS

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

 A.Constituent District
  A school district located within the Macomb ISD.
 B.Home District
  A nonresident student's district of residence within the ISD.
 C.Constituent-District Student
  A student who is a legal resident or otherwise legally entitled to attend school in another school district within the ISD who does not have a parent residing in the District and who seeks admission to this District under Schools of Choice.
 D.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.
 E.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.

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 Board shall determine by June 1st whether or not it will accept applications for enrollment by nonresident students for the next school year.

If the Board determines that for a forthcoming school year that no space is available for a Schools of Choice program, students who have been enrolled in the District through such a program may or may not be able to continue their enrollment, depending upon the number of new resident students enrolling for the coming school year. If fewer spaces exist than in the preceding school year, the Superintendent shall determine on a random-selection basis which non-resident students may enroll for the coming school year.

The Superintendent shall annually determine the number of available enrollments (if any) for non-resident students under this policy and shall convey that information to the Board by no later than its mid May. The Board shall then make its decision by no later than June 1st.

ENROLLMENT OF NONRESIDENT STUDENTS

If the number of applications for admission from nonresident students exceeds the number of available enrollment opportunities, nonresident students shall be selected for admission using a random selection process.

Tuition students shall be included in the determination of class and program size prior to accepting Schools-of-Choice students.

Enrollment is not available to any nonresident student who has been suspended, expelled or otherwise released or excluded from his/her home district for disciplinary reasons.

The Superintendent shall be responsible for developing and promulgating administrative guidelines to implement this policy. Such guidelines shall address at least the following matters:

 A.Communication with the parents of nonresident students seeking admission (or the student, if legally emancipated) concerning the timelines and other requirements for application as well as a statement of nondiscrimination (See Policy 2260 - Access to Equal Educational Opportunity).
 B.Participation in interscholastic athletics.
 C.District transportation services.
 D.Pre-requisites and other eligibility standards associated with courses of study.
 E.Transfer of academic credit.
 F.Assignment within the District.
 G.Return to the resident district if space is not available in a forthcoming school year.

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