Littleton

Public

Schools

Policy

 

Policy Code    JF

Policy Name    Student Admission to/Withdrawals

                                 From School

Adoption            August 17, 1993

Revised              June 28, 2007

 

 

All children between the ages of five and twenty-one years, who reside within the boundaries of this District may be permitted to attend public schools without payment of tuition. Students must either reside with a natural parent, legal guardian, or custodian who is a legal resident of the District, reside in a foster home, or show adequate evidence of permanent residence, or be found to be homeless in accordance with state legal requirements.

In addition, persons who do not reside in the District may be admitted under Board of Education policies relating to nonresident students or by specific action of the Board of Education.

Acceptable documentary evidence of year and date of birth shall be required for all students entering school in the District for the first time.

Students moving into the District from other districts shall be required to present evidence of attendance, grade placement, and academic achievement in the previous school.

Students enrolling after the beginning of a school year shall follow the same procedure as other enrollees in regard to fee payment, physical examinations, and registration procedures.

 

Physical Examinations

All students new to the District, including kindergarten students and first graders shall be urged to have a physical examination and to submit a report from the examining physician on a form provided by the District.

 

Legal Reference: C.R.S. 22-1-102

                           C.R.S. 22-1-102.5

                           C.R.S. 22-1-115

                           C.R.S. 22-32-115

                           C.R.S. 22-32-116

                          

Cross Reference:         JEB, Entrance Age Requirements

                           JGA, Assignment of New Students to Classes and Grade Levels

                           JKD/JKE-R-2, Suspension/Expulsion of Students

                           JHCA, Physical Examinations of Students

                           JHCB, Inoculations of Students

                           JFABB, Admission of Nonresident Foreign Students

                           JFBB, Interdistrict Enrollment (Nonresident Students)

 

Added cross reference JKD/JKE-R-2, Suspension/Expulsion of Students on August 31, 1999, but did not go to BOE as it was a minor correction (Schaper).