0.7 Arizona education law review: attendance, operations, budgets  (Page 3/9)

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If a pupil in kindergarten through grade eight is absent without excuse or without notice by the parent , Does the district, within two hours after the first class in which the pupil is absent, make a reasonable effort to promptly telephone and notify the parent of the pupil’s absence.

[ ] Yes [ ]No

Ars†15-816.01 open school enrollment: enrollment policies

Does the school district governing board establish policies and implement an open enrollment policy without charging tuition? These policies shall include admission criteria, application procedures and transportation provisions. A copy of the district policies shall be filed with the department of education.

[ ] Yes [ ] No

Does the school district governing board allow transportation of no more than 20 miles each way to and from the school of attendance to an adjacent district for eligible nonresident pupils who meet the economic eligibility requirements under the national school lunch and child nutrition acts for free or reduced price lunches or who’s I.E.P. specifies that transportation is necessary?

[ ] Yes [ ] No

Ars†15-816.02 desegregation provisions

Does the school district admit pupils who reside in the attendance area of a school that is under a court order of desegregation unless notice is received from the resident school that admission would violate the court order or agreement? If a school admits a pupil after notice is received that the admission would constitute a violation, the school district is not allowed to include in its student count the pupils wrongfully admitted.

[ ] Yes [ ] No

Ars†15-821 admission of children: required age

If a kindergarten is maintained, does the district admit students who are five years of age prior to September 1 of the current school year? All schools shall, unless otherwise provided by law, admit children between the ages of 6 and 21 years who reside in the school district.

[ ] Yes [ ] No

If the Governing Board admits children who have not reached the required age because it is determined to be in the best interest of the children, is such determination based upon one or more consultations with the parent(s), guardian(s), the children, the teacher and the school principal, and do such children reach the required age of five for kindergarten and six for first grade by January 1 of the current year?

[ ] Yes [ ] No

Ars†15-823 admission; residents of other school districts; nonresidents of this state; tuition

The Governing Board may admit children who do not reside in the school district but who reside within this state upon such terms as it prescribes. Except as provided below, children of nonresidents of this state may be admitted upon payment of a reasonable tuition fixed by the Governing Board.

1. Does the Governing Board admit children of nonresident teaching and research faculty of state colleges and universities and children of nonresident graduate or undergraduate students of state colleges or universities whose parent's presence at such state college or university is of international, national, state or local benefit without payment of tuition? Are children admitted in accordance with the provisions of this subsection categorized as resident students for the purposes of determination and apportionment of state aid?
2. Does the Governing Board admit children who are residents of the United States but are nonresidents of this state without payment of tuition if evidence indicates that the child's physical, mental, moral or emotional health is best served by placement with a grandparent, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, aunt or uncle who is a resident within the school district, unless the Governing Board determines that the placement is solely for the purpose of obtaining an education in this state without payment of tuition?
3. Does the Governing Board admit nonresident foreign students who are in exchange programs recognized by the United States Department of State and the State Board of Education without payment of tuition or as it may otherwise prescribe?
4. Does the Governing Board admit children who are residents of the United States without payment of tuition if evidence indicates that because the parents are homeless or the child is abandoned, the child's physical, mental, moral, or emotional health is best served by placement with a person who does not have legal custody of the child and who is a resident within the school district, unless the Governing Board determines that the placement is solely for the purpose of obtaining an education in this state without payment of tuition?