DBS CODE:  5119

STUDENTS:

Transfer; Withdrawals:

Children who apply for initial admission to the district’s schools by transfer from non-public 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 determine the final grade placement of the children.

Legal Reference:  Connecticut General Statutes

10-261 Definitions.

State Board of Education Regulations

10-76b-7 Admission of student requiring Special Education

10-15 Towns to maintain schools

Cross Reference:  Health Examinations and Inoculation Policy - 5141.3

Adopted:  November 13, 1979

Reviewed:  May 4, 1998

   ADMIN. REG:  5119

STUDENTS:

Transfers; Withdrawals:

1.  Adopt as written

2.  Withdrawals - High School students who have reached 16 years of age and request to withdraw from school must follow procedures outlined in Somers High School Guidance Handbook.

Adopted:  September 16, 1982

Reviewed:  September 11, 2003