(a) (1) An application under this section shall be accepted no earlier than January 1 and no later than June 1 each year.(2) (A) Each school district shall have a policy stating the method by which a parent or guardian of a student, or a student who is eighteen (18) years of age or older, may submit a school choice application, including without limitation:(i) Regular mail;(ii) Email; and(iii) Hand delivery.(B) A public school district shall not require in-person filing of an application.(C) Each school district shall determine for each school within the school district the capacity of each school and each grade level.(3) If a student seeks to attend a school in a nonresident district or another school within his or her resident district, the student's parent or guardian, or a student who is eighteen (18) years of age or older, shall submit an application:(A) To the nonresident district and to the student's resident district, or only to the resident district if the student is applying to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district;(B) On a form approved by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education; and(C) Postmarked or delivered no later than June 1 of the year in which the student seeks to begin the fall semester at the nonresident district or other public school within the student's resident district, except as otherwise provided for dependents of uniformed service members and uniformed service veterans under this subchapter.
(1) An application under this section shall be accepted no earlier than January 1 and no later than June 1 each year.
(2) (A) Each school district shall have a policy stating the method by which a parent or guardian of a student, or a student who is eighteen (18) years of age or older, may submit a school choice application, including without limitation:(i) Regular mail;(ii) Email; and(iii) Hand delivery.(B) A public school district shall not require in-person filing of an application.(C) Each school district shall determine for each school within the school district the capacity of each school and each grade level.
(A) Each school district shall have a policy stating the method by which a parent or guardian of a student, or a student who is eighteen (18) years of age or older, may submit a school choice application, including without limitation:(i) Regular mail;(ii) Email; and(iii) Hand delivery.
(i) Regular mail;
(ii) Email; and
(iii) Hand delivery.
(B) A public school district shall not require in-person filing of an application.
(C) Each school district shall determine for each school within the school district the capacity of each school and each grade level.
(3) If a student seeks to attend a school in a nonresident district or another school within his or her resident district, the student's parent or guardian, or a student who is eighteen (18) years of age or older, shall submit an application:(A) To the nonresident district and to the student's resident district, or only to the resident district if the student is applying to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district;(B) On a form approved by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education; and(C) Postmarked or delivered no later than June 1 of the year in which the student seeks to begin the fall semester at the nonresident district or other public school within the student's resident district, except as otherwise provided for dependents of uniformed service members and uniformed service veterans under this subchapter.
(A) To the nonresident district and to the student's resident district, or only to the resident district if the student is applying to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district;
(B) On a form approved by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education; and
(C) Postmarked or delivered no later than June 1 of the year in which the student seeks to begin the fall semester at the nonresident district or other public school within the student's resident district, except as otherwise provided for dependents of uniformed service members and uniformed service veterans under this subchapter.
(b) Both the nonresident district and the resident district, or only the resident district if a student applies to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district, shall, upon receipt of the application submitted under subsection (a) of this section, place a date and time stamp on the application that reflects the date and time the nonresident district or resident district if a student applies to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district received the application.
(c) A nonresident district or a resident district if a student applies to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district shall review and make a determination on each application in the order in which the application was received by the nonresident district or resident district.
(d) Before accepting or rejecting an application, a nonresident district or a resident district if a student applies to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district shall determine whether the limitation under § 6-18-1906 applies to the application.
(e) (1) By July 1 of the school year in which a student seeks to enroll in a nonresident district or a resident district if a student seeks to enroll in another public school within his or her resident district under this subchapter, the superintendent of the nonresident district or the superintendent of the resident district if the student applies to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district shall notify the student's parent or guardian and the resident district, if applicable, in writing as to whether the student's application has been accepted or rejected.(2) If an application is rejected, the superintendent of the nonresident district or the superintendent of the resident district if the student applies to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district shall state in the notification letter the reason for rejection.(3) If an application is accepted, the superintendent of the nonresident district or the superintendent of the resident district if the student applies to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district shall state in the notification letter a reasonable deadline by which the student shall enroll in the nonresident district or the resident district if the student applies to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district and after which the acceptance notification is null.(4) [Repealed.]
(1) By July 1 of the school year in which a student seeks to enroll in a nonresident district or a resident district if a student seeks to enroll in another public school within his or her resident district under this subchapter, the superintendent of the nonresident district or the superintendent of the resident district if the student applies to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district shall notify the student's parent or guardian and the resident district, if applicable, in writing as to whether the student's application has been accepted or rejected.
(2) If an application is rejected, the superintendent of the nonresident district or the superintendent of the resident district if the student applies to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district shall state in the notification letter the reason for rejection.
(3) If an application is accepted, the superintendent of the nonresident district or the superintendent of the resident district if the student applies to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district shall state in the notification letter a reasonable deadline by which the student shall enroll in the nonresident district or the resident district if the student applies to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district and after which the acceptance notification is null.
(4) [Repealed.]
(f) (1) For each application received under this section, a nonresident district or a resident district if a student applies to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district shall notify the applicant in writing as to whether the student's application has been accepted or rejected within fifteen (15) calendar days of the nonresident district's or resident district's receipt of the application.(2) A transfer of the student is effective immediately upon the nonresident district's or resident district's written notification of an acceptance.
(1) For each application received under this section, a nonresident district or a resident district if a student applies to transfer to another public school within his or her resident district shall notify the applicant in writing as to whether the student's application has been accepted or rejected within fifteen (15) calendar days of the nonresident district's or resident district's receipt of the application.
(2) A transfer of the student is effective immediately upon the nonresident district's or resident district's written notification of an acceptance.
(g) (1) Each school district shall report annually to the Secretary of the Department of Education the number of transfer applications, acceptances, and denials and the reasons for each denial under this subchapter.(2) The data received by the secretary under subdivision (g)(1) of this section shall be published annually on the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education website.
(1) Each school district shall report annually to the Secretary of the Department of Education the number of transfer applications, acceptances, and denials and the reasons for each denial under this subchapter.
(2) The data received by the secretary under subdivision (g)(1) of this section shall be published annually on the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education website.