Request to transfer into the district under the Open Enrollment Act of 1989 shall be acted on by the board no later than March 1st of the preceding school year. The superintendent, within fifteen (15) days of board action on a request, shall notify the parent or guardian as to whether the child will be enrolled in the district or the request will be denied. Open Enrollment requests filed after March 1st must be acted upon by the receiving district within 30 days. Open Enrollment requests filed in a timely manner must be acted upon by the receiving district by March 1st. When the district is functioning in the role of an alternative receiving district, notice of board action to deny the request will be provided to the individuals making the request and the district filing the transfer, and notice of board action to approve the request will be provided to the individuals making the request, to the district filing the transfer, and to the resident district of the student.
When deciding whether to approve a request to transfer, the board shall consider the following:
- If a child, for which a request to transfer has been filed with a district, has been expelled in the district and has been denied reinstatement in that district, the board may refuse the request to transfer until the child has been reinstated in the sending district.
- The board may refuse a request to transfer if insufficient classroom space exists.
Once the request has been approved by the board, the student named in the request will be considered to be enrolled in the district, and will be committed to attend in the district for the term stated in the enrollment transfer form. As with all students enrolled in the district, the board has the authority to determine which school attendance center shall be attended by a student enrolled under the Open Enrollment Act of 1989.
Legal Reference: Iowa Code §§139.9; 274.1; 279.11; 282.1, .3, .8, .18; 299.1 (1991)
470 Iowa Admin Code 7
281 Iowa Admin Code 11.3(10)-(11), 11.4(13)
Cross Reference: 501.5 Student Transfers In
501.6 Student Transfers Out and Withdrawals
506 Student Records
507 Student Health and Well-Being
501.14 Open Enrollment Transfers – Sending District
501.15 Open Enrollment Transfers - Receiving District
606.9 Insufficient Classroom Space
Approved: 4-13-92
Reviewed: 10-08-18
Revised: 8-12-02, 10-12-15
