Woods School

This policy shall be administered in accordance with the state public school open enrollment law. 
 

Nonresident Open Enrollment Students

A nonresident student may apply for full-time enrollment in Geneva Joint #4 School District under the open enrollment program in accordance with state law. Geneva Joint #4 School District shall consider the following criteria when accepting or rejecting a nonresident student’s application for full-time enrollment:

1.  Geneva Joint #4 School District will consider the availability of space, teacher-student ratios, and enrollment projections for Woods School and will accept nonresident open enrollment students if enrollment falls below the following class sizes:

1(a)  If a student moves out of the Geneva Joint #4 School District and has been attending Woods School as a resident student, that student will be able to continue to attend school in the Geneva Joint #4 School District under the Open Enrollment Law. Transportation will not be provided.

1(b) Participation in our 4-year old kindergarten does not guarantee acceptance in the 5-year old kindergarten. Participation in our 4-year old kindergarten does not give preference of acceptance in the 5-year old kindergarten.  If a student was an open enrollment student for 4-year old kindergarten, continuation is guaranteed.

2.  Geneva Joint #4 School District will not accept a student who has been expelled by a school district during the current school year or preceding two school years for conduct specified in the law or who has disciplinary proceedings pending on such conduct. (Conduct specified in the law includes endangering the health, safety or property of others under certain conditions, conveying or causing to be conveyed a “bomb” threat involving school property, and possessing a “dangerous weapon” while at school or under the supervision of a school authority).

Geneva Joint #4 School District will not accept a student if any of the above disciplinary actions occur after initial acceptance of the student and prior to the student starting school in the Geneva Joint #4 School District.

3. Geneva Joint #4 School District will not accept students with exceptional educational needs if we do not have the program to meet the students’ needs or if there is not room in the existing program.

If a nonresident student’s IEP changes after the student begins attending Geneva Joint #4 School District and the special education program or services required by that IEP are not available in Geneva Joint #4 School District or there is no space available in the special education program identified in the IEP, the Geneva Joint #4 School District will discontinue allowing the student to attend school in the district.

4. Geneva Joint #4 School District will not accept a student who has been reported or identified as having possible EEN but not yet evaluated by a multidisciplinary team in the resident district.

5. If Geneva Joint #4 School District receives more nonresident applications for a particular grade than there are spaces available in the grade, there will be a random drawing conducted to determine acceptance and/or rejection.

Geneva Joint #4 School District shall give preference in accepting full-time enrollment applications to any non-resident students already attending school in the Geneva Joint #4 School District.

Once a nonresident student is accepted as an open enrollment student in the district, the student will not have to reapply for enrollment at any time.

Part-time open enrollment does not apply to the Geneva Joint #4 School District since part-time open enrollment is only available at the high-school level.

Nonresident open enrollment students attending school in the Geneva Joint #4 School District have all the rights and privileges of resident students and are subject to the same rules and regulations as resident students.

Transportation will not be provided for nonresident open enrollment students.

Resident Open Enrollment Students

Resident students may apply for full-time enrollment in another public school district in accordance with state law.  The number of resident students that will be allowed to attend school in another district will be limited to the amount set by state law. (3% the first year and 1% in each year for the next seven years).

If Geneva Joint #4 School District receives more applications than the maximum allowable, acceptance will be determined on a random basis.

Open Enrollment Waiting List
If space is not available for all open enrollment applicants, a waiting list will be established. The order of the open enrollment waiting list will be established after all applicants have been turned in, in a random fashion.  If the student is accepted from the waiting list, parents will be notified with a letter. Parents will have ten (10) calendar days to notify the nonresident school district whether the student will attend the nonresident school district. If the parent(s) do not respond within the ten (10) calendar days, the acceptance will be rescinded and the space will be offered to the next applicant on the waiting list.

LEGAL REF: Sections 118.13
118.51
118.52
121.54(10)
121.58(2)(a)
Chapter 115, Subchapter V

December, 1998
Revised, April 2000
Revised, May 2001
December, 2002
January, 2005 (1st Reading, December 2004/2nd Reading January 2005)
November, 2005 - First Reading
December, 2005 - Second Reading