Administrative Regulation

AR 5117.1

Students

Interdistrict Attendance Agreements

The Superintendent or designee may approve interdistrict agreements for the following reasons:

1. To meet the child care needs of the student. Once a student has been admitted to a district school or feeder elementary schools on the basis of child care needs, continued attendance may be denied only when based on restrictions specified in Education Code 48204. (Education Code 46601.5)

2. To meet a child's special mental or physical health needs, as certified by a physician, school psychologist or other appropriate school personnel.

3. When the student has brother(s) or sister(s) attending school in a receiving district, to avoid splitting the family's attendance.

4. To complete a school year when parents/guardians have moved out of the district during that year.

5. To allow students to remain with a class graduating that year from an elementary, junior or senior high school.

6. To let seniors attend the same school they attended as juniors, even if their families moved out of the district during the junior year.

7. When the parent/guardian provides written evidence that the family will be moving to the receiving district in the immediate future and would like the student to start the year in that district.

8. When the student will be living out of the district only for one year or less.

9. When recommended by the School Attendance Review Board or by county child welfare, probation or social service agency staff in documented cases of serious home or community problems which make it inadvisable for the student to attend the school of residence.

10. When there is valid interest in a particular educational program not offered in the district of residency.

11. To provide a change in school environment for reasons of personal and social adjustment.

Interdistrict attendance agreements or applications shall not be required for students enrolling in an ROC or ROP program. (Education Code 52317)

A student's interdistrict agreement may be revoked because of excessive truancy or continual disruption of the educational program.

(cf. 5144 - Discipline)

Transportation

Transportation shall not be provided for students attending on an interdistrict agreement.

(cf. 3250 - Transportation Fees)

(cf. 3540 - Transportation)

Denial of Interdistrict Transfer Agreement

The parent/guardian of a student who is denied a transfer requested pursuant to Education Code 46600-46611 shall receive timely notice, in accordance with law, regarding the process for appeal to the County Board of Education. This notice shall be provided by the district denying the request, or, in the absence of an agreement between the districts, by the district of residence.

Students who are under consideration for expulsion or who have been expelled may not appeal interdistrict attendance denials or decisions while expulsion proceedings are pending, or during the term of the expulsion. (Education Code 46601)

(cf. 5119 - Students Expelled from Other Districts)

Legal Reference:

EDUCATION CODE

46600-46611 Interdistrict attendance agreements

Regulation PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

approved: March 8, 2001 Palso Verdes Estates, California