501.02 - Nonresident Students

Students who are eligible to attend an Iowa public school but who are not legal residents of this district, and who have not properly applied under open enrollment provisions, may be admitted to school at the discretion of the superintendent upon application and payment of tuition.  The tuition rate shall be the current per-pupil cost of the district as computed by the board secretary and as authorized by the State Department of Education.

Resident students whose families move from the school district after the start of a semester and who wish to complete the semester in the school district may be permitted to attend without the payment of tuition at the discretion of the superintendent.  These students must have the recommendation of the principal, as well as an adult who resides in the school district, identified for purposes of administration.

Nonresident students who are eligible to attend an Iowa public school and who have evidence they will become legal residents of the school district prior to the certified enrollment date may be allowed to attend without the payment of tuition.

 

 

Legal Reference:  Lakota Consolidated Ind. School v Buffalo Center-Rake C.S.D., 334 N.W.2d 704 (Iowa 1983)
                                      Mt. Hope School District v Hendrickson, 197 N.W. 47 (Iowa 1924)
                                      Oshel v Creston C.S.D, DPI Admin. Doc. 570, (1981)
                                      Iowa Code §§282.1, .2, .6, .7, .24, 442.4 (1991)

Cross Reference:  501  Student Attendance

Approved:  4-13-92              
Reviewed:  10-08-18            
Revised:  11-08-99, 10-09-06