Students who transfer from other districts to schools within the district and students who transfer to schools outside the boundaries of the district from schools within the Alhambra Unified School District are considered interdistrict transfers.
General Provisions
Students attending schools other than their school of residence must have a valid attendance permit under the following conditions:
1. The district of residence approves the release of the student.
2. The district of the potential receiving school must accept the student.
3. The districts involved shall have current interdistrict transfer agreements.
4. Transportation will be the responsibility of the parent/guardian.
5. All requests for students with an active Individual Education Plan will be submitted to the Director of Special Education for consideration.
Interdistrict Attendance Permits from other districts for all students
1. Procedures for considering interdistrict attendance permits from other districts:
a. The parent/guardian must initiate the request for release with the district of residence.
b. If the release is approved, the parent/guardian must submit it to the potential receiving school (through the Enrollment and Welcome Center K-8) or to the potential receiving high school for consideration.
c. The principal or designee of the potential receiving school will make the determination for the approval/denial of an interdistrict permit.
The Superintendent or designee shall consider and may grant, on a case-by-case basis, requests for interdistrict attendance agreements for either incoming or outgoing students, when the following circumstances apply. Consideration will be given to the benefits and/or hardships affecting the particular student and/or family as well as to the needs of the district. Appropriate documentation will be required to support the application
The Superintendent or designee may approve interdistrict agreements for the following reasons:
1. Supervision (child care) of students enrolled in K-5 may be considered. Local resources for child care shall be considered first, including no cost services operated by the district. This permit will only be granted when childcare programs within district, such as ASES and Options, and childcare programs adjacent to the school have been researched and exhausted. Such students will be granted a permit or have a permit renewed for purposes of child care with validation of child care within the attendance area of the requested school/district.
2. To meet a child's special mental or physical health needs, as certified by a physician, school psychologist or other appropriate school personnel. A valid current letter from a physician or mental heath provider or school personnel must validate this request.
3. To complete a school year when parents/guardians have moved out of the district during that year.
4. When a valid, well defined and articulated curricular program is offered as part of the requested district's core program and is not offered in the district and the student can demonstrate acceptance into that program for the requested year.
5. To allow students to remain with a class graduating that year from middle or senior high school.
6. To let seniors attend the same school they attended as juniors, even if their families moved out of the district during the junior year.
7. When the parent/guardian provides written evidence that the family will be moving to the receiving district in the immediate future (two months) and would like the student to start the year in that district (i.e. escrow documents, lease agreement).
8. When recommended by the School Attendance Review Board or by county child welfare, probation or social service agency staff in documented cases of serious home or community problems which make it inadvisable for the student to attend the school of residence.
9. To provide a change in school environment for reasons of personal and social adjustment, as reviewed and approved by the district.
Interdistrict attendance agreements or applications shall not be required for students enrolling in an ROC or ROP program. (Education Code 52317)
A student's interdistrict agreement may be revoked because of excessive truancy, academic failure or continual disruption of the educational program.
For students enrolled in a school he/she does not have to reapply for an interdistrict transfer, and the governing board of the school district of enrollment will allow the student to continue to attend the school in which he or she is enrolled, except if the district of residence and district of enrollment agree otherwise.
A district of residence or school district of enrollment shall not rescind existing transfer permits for students entering 11 or 12 in the subsequent school year.
(cf. 5144 - Discipline)
Transportation
Transportation shall not be provided for students attending on an interdistrict agreement.
(cf. 3250 - Transportation Fees)
(cf. 3540 - Transportation)
Denial of Interdistrict Transfer Agreement
If the Superintendent's designee or principal revokes an incoming interdistrict transfer because of the submission of false information; the student demonstrates poor attendance and/or tardiness, unacceptable behavior, unsatisfactory achievement; there is insufficient space available to accommodate the student's enrollment; there is an unwillingness to cooperate with school officials by the student or parent/guardian; or if any other reasons exist as determined by Education Code or school district practices, the parent/guardian will be notified in writing in his/her primary language, regarding the reason for the permit revocation and of his/her right to appeal the permit revocation. This notice shall be sent by certified and U.S. mail and shall state the parent/guardian's right to schedule a meeting within 10 school days of the postmarked date, to call and schedule a meeting with the Deputy Superintendent or designee to inspect supporting documents, rebut district evidence, question any district witnesses, and present oral and/or documentary evidence, including witnesses, on the student's behalf. For good cause, the Deputy Superintendent or designee may extend the scheduling time frame for the meeting date.
If the parent/guardian fails to contact the school or schedule the above meeting, the student's enrollment shall be revoked 11 school days after the postmarked date of the notice.
If the above meeting is held, the Deputy Superintendent or designee shall prepare a written decision describing his/her findings in the parent/guardian's primary language and sent by certified and U.S. mail. If the appeal is denied, the notification of revocation shall be effective five school days from the postmarked date of the letter. The Deputy Superintendent's or designee's decision shall be final. During the appeal the student shall remain enrolled.
The parent/guardian may appeal the district denial of interdistrict transfers, to the County office. The parent/guardian of a student who is denied a transfer requested pursuant to Education Code 46600-46611 shall receive timely notice in accordance with law, regarding the process for appeal to the County Board of Education. This notice shall be provided by the district denying the request, or, in the absence of an agreement between the districts, by the district of residence.
Students who are under consideration for expulsion or who have been expelled may not appeal interdistrict attendance denials or decisions while expulsion proceedings are pending, or during the term of the expulsion. (Education Code 46601)
(cf. 5119 - Students Expelled from Other Districts)
Regulation ALHAMBRA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
approved: June 1, 2010 Alhambra, California
revised: March 8, 2011