DBS CODE:  5111

STUDENTS:

Admission/Placement:

District schools shall be open to all children five years of age and over who reach age 5 on or before September 1st of any school year.  A child who has not reached the age of five on or before the first day of September of the school year may be admitted (1) upon a written request by the parent or guardian of the child to the principal of the school in which the child would be enrolled, and (2) following an assessment of the child, conducted by the principal and an appropriate certified staff member of the school, to ensure that admitting the child is developmentally appropriate.

Children who transfer from nonpublic schools or from schools outside the district will be placed at the grade they would have reached elsewhere pending observation and evaluation by classroom teachers, guidance personnel, and the school principal.  After such observations and evaluations have been completed, the principal will review the data with parents and determine the child's final placement.

The District will immediately enroll any student who transfers from Unified School District No. 1 or Unified School District No. 2. A student transferring from the Unified School Districts who had previously attended school in the local District shall be enrolled in the school such student previously attended, provided such school has the appropriate grade level for the student.

When a student is enrolling in a new school district or new state charter school, written notification of such enrollment shall be provided to the previous school district or charter school not later than two business days after the student enrolls.

Cross Reference:  DBS 5141.3  Health Examination and Inoculation Policy

Legal Reference: Connecticut General Statutes

10-15 Towns to maintain schools

10-15c Discrimination in public schools prohibited. School attendance by five year-olds, as amended by PA 97-247

10-76a-10-76g re special education

10-184 Duties of parents (re mandatory schooling for children ages 5-16, inclusive), as amended by PA 98-243, and PA 00-157

10-186 Duties of local and regional boards of education re school attendance. Hearings. Amended by PA 96-26, An Act Concerning Graduation Requirements and Placement of Older Students

Appeals to state board. Establishment of hearing board. Readmission, as amended.

10-220h Transfer of student records, as amended

10-233a - 10-233f Inclusive; re: suspend, expel, removal of pupils

10-233c Suspension of pupils

10-233d Expulsion of pupils

10-233k Notification of school officials of potentially dangerous students (as amended by PA 01-176)

10-261 Definitions

P.A. 11-115 An Act Concerning Juvenile Reentry and Education

State Board of Education Regulations

10-76a-1 General definitions (c) (d) (q) (t)

10-76d-7 Admission of student requiring special education (referral)

10-204a Required immunizations (as amended by PA 98-243)

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. §11431 et seq.

Adopted:  November 13, 1979
Revised:  August 24, 1998
July 9, 2009
January 23, 2012
March 25, 2024