Title 14 — Education

§ 401. School District Enrollment Choice Program; establishment; statement of purpose; application. (a) There is hereby established an enrollment choice program within the public school system of this State. (b) In establishing this program, it is the goal of the General Assembly…

§ 402. Definitions [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 316, § 3]. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Application” shall mean the standard application for educational options. This application, which con…

§ 403. Pupil application; withdrawal [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 316, § 3]. (a) (1) Any parent of a school age child may apply to enroll that parent’s own child in a school or program in a reorganized school district, vocational-technical school distric…

§ 404. Receiving district and local education agency procedures. (a) Within 10 working days after an application deadline, the receiving district shall transmit a notice to the district of residence that it has received the application. (b) The board of the receiving local educat…

§ 405. Criteria for approval or disapproval [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 316, § 3]. (a) Each receiving local education agency shall adopt and make available a policy regarding the order in which applications for enrollment pursuant to this chapter shall …

§ 406. Racial balance. (a) If approval of all of the applications for transfer into or out of a district would result in the district being out of compliance with any applicable court-ordered desegregation plan, the district shall establish the number of majority and minority gro…

§ 407. Duration of enrollment in receiving district [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 316, § 3]. (a) (1) A pupil accepted for enrollment in a school or program pursuant to this chapter shall be entitled to remain enrolled therein until graduation from the sch…

§ 408. State and local education funding. (a) A pupil enrolled in a receiving district pursuant to this chapter shall be included in the unit count of the receiving district for all purposes relating to the allocation of all state and federal education funding and shall not be in…

§ 409. Transportation. (a) The parent of any child enrolled in a district other than the district of residence, or enrolled in a school within the district of residence other than the school in which the child would normally be enrolled based upon the residence of the child’s par…

§ 410. Interscholastic sports [Repealed].70 Del. Laws, c. 180, § 3; 81 Del. Laws, c. 72, § 2; repealed by 84 Del. Laws, c. 343, § 9, effective Aug. 2, 2024.;

§ 411. Pupils suspended, expelled, or truant in district of residence. If a child for whom an application has been submitted pursuant to this chapter has been suspended or expelled, or has been absent from school without a valid excuse for more than 15 school days during a school…

§ 412. Credits; graduation. A pupil who has been enrolled in a receiving district and who has met that district’s graduation requirements shall be granted a diploma by that district. That district shall accept credits toward graduation requirements that were awarded by another di…

§ 413. Discipline not affected. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to affect or alter district policies with regard to disciplining students, including suspensions or expulsions.70 Del. Laws, c. 180, § 3;

§ 414. Intra-district choice. Where the district of residence includes more than one school or more than one program within any school providing instruction at a given grade level, a parent of a child entering such grade level may apply to enroll that parent’s own child in any pu…