Approved Robert Redfern, President Kim Sullivan, vice President
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- FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS
- COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS 4.3
- STUDENT TRANSFERS 4.4
- HOME SCHOOL TRANSFERS 4.4.1.
- SCHOOL CHOICE 4.5 Standard School Choice
- HOME SCHOOLING 4.6
- ABSENCES 4.7
- Excused Absences – Students are allowed makeup work and receive credit provided Attendance policy and Make-up work policy are met.
- Unexcused Absences
RETURNING STUDENTS A student who has been currently attending Danville Public School will preregister in the spring for the following year. Schedules may be picked up in the office prior to the beginning of school on the dates announced through the local media. All fines and fees from the previous year must be paid and books returned before a student will receive a schedule for the new year. FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS Foreign exchange students are welcome at Danville High School. They are required to provide a transcript in English with courses designated in Carnegie Unit. In order to graduate from Danville High School, a foreign exchange student must be in his/her final year of high school and meet Danville High School graduation requirements. The high school principal must be notified by May of any intent to host an exchange student for the upcoming year. Cross References: 4.1-RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS 4.2-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND PARASITED 4.4-STUDENT TRANSFERS 4.5-SCHOOL CHOICE 4.40-HOMELESS STUDENTS
A.C.A.§ 6-18-7027 A.C.A. § 6-15-504 (f) A.C.A. § 9-28-113 Plyler v Doe 457 US 202, 221 (1982) Date Adopted: Last Revised: COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS 4.3 Every parent, guardian, or other person having custody or charge of any child age five (5) through seventeen (17) years on or before August 1 of that year who resides, as defined by Policy 4.1-RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS, within the district shall enroll and send the child to school with the following exceptions:
Legal Reference: A.C.A. § 6-18-201 Date Adopted: 09-11-06; Last Revised:6/14/16
The Danville School District shall review and accept or reject requests for transfers, both into and out of the district, on a case by case basis. The district may reject a nonresident’s application for admission if its acceptance would necessitate the addition of staff or classrooms exceed the capacity of a program, class, grade level, or school building, or cause the district to provide educational services not currently provided in the affected school. The district shall reject applications that would cause it to be out of compliance with applicable laws and regulations regarding desegregation. Any student transferring from a school accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education to a school in this district shall be placed into the same grade the student would have been in had the student remained at the former school. Any student transferring from home school or a school that is not accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education to a school in this district shall be evaluated by school staff to determine the student’s appropriate grade placement. The Danville Board of Education reserves the right, after a hearing before the board, not to allow any person who has been expelled from another district to enroll as a student until the time of the person’s expulsion has expired. Except as otherwise required or permitted by law, the responsibility for transportation of any nonresident student admitted to a school in this district shall be borne by the student or the student’s parents. The Danville School District and the resident district may enter into a written agreement with the student or student’s parents to provide transportation to and/or from Danville School. Legal References: A.C.A. § 6-18-316 A.C.A. § 6-15-504(f) A.C.A. § 6-18-510 A.C.A. § 9-28-13(b)(4) Arkansas State Board of Education Standards of Accre7ditation 12.05
Standard School Choice Exemption By March 31 of each year, the Board shall determine if the District is subject to a desegregation order or mandate of a federal court or agency remedying the effects of past racial segregation. A District that determines it is subject to such an order or mandate may declare an exemption from the provisions of the School Choice Act of 2013 (the Act) codified at A.C.A. § 6-18-1901 et seq. If the District determines it is eligible for an exemption, it will notify the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) by April 1 whether or not it will declare an exemption from the Act. If the District has previously declared an exemption from the Act and chooses to no longer exercise its exemption option, it shall notify the ADE by April 1 of the District's decision to participate in the school choice provisions of the Act. If the District chooses to exercise its exemption option, it should notify the superintendents of each of its geographically contiguous school districts of its decision. Each decision regarding exemption is binding for one-year from the date the District notifies the ADE of the declaration of exemption.1 Definition: For the purpose of this policy, "sibling" means each of two (2) or more children having a common parent in common by blood, adoption, marriage, or foster care. School Choice Transfers Out of the District The District shall date and time stamp all applications for school choice to transfer out of the District as they are received in the District's central office. By August 1, the District shall approve all such applications unless the approval would cause the District to have a net enrollment loss (students transferring out minus those transferring in) of more than three percent (3%) of the previous year's student enrollment. By June 1 of each year, the ADE shall determine and notify the District of the net number of allowable choice transfers.For the purpose of determining the three percent (3%) cap, siblings are counted as one student. If, prior to August 1, the District receives sufficient copies of requests from its students to transfer to other districts to trigger the three percent (3%) cap, it shall notify each parent from which it has received a school choice application and the district the student applied to transfer to that it has tentatively reached the limitation cap. The District will use confirmations of approved choice applications from receiving districts to make a final determination of which applications it received that exceeded the limitation cap and notify each district that was the recipient of an application to that effect.2 Any applications for transfer out of the District that are denied due to the three percent (3%) limitation cap shall be given priority for a choice transfer the following year in the order in which the District received the original application.
Capacity Determination and Public Pronouncement The Board of Directors will adopt a resolution containing the capacity standards the District will use in determining whether to accept or deny a school choice application from another district's resident student. The resolution will contain the acceptance determination criteria identified by academic program, class, grade level, and individual school. The school is not obligated to add any teachers, other staff, or classrooms to accommodate choice applications. In determining the capacity of the District to accept choice applications, the Board of Directors shall consider the probable, locally generated growth in student enrollment based on recent District enrollment history.3 The District shall advertise in appropriate broadcast media and either print media or on the Internet to inform students and parents in adjoining districts of the range of possible openings available under the School Choice program. The public pronouncements shall state the application deadline and the requirements and procedures for participation in the program. Such pronouncements shall be made in the spring, but in no case later than April 1.4 Application Process The student's parent shall submit a school choice application on a form approved by the ADE to both the student's resident district and to this district which must be postmarked or hand delivered on or before the June 1 preceding the fall semester the applicant would begin school in the District. The District shall date and time stamp all applications as they are received in the District's central office. Applications postmarked or hand delivered on or after June 2 will not be accepted. Statutorily, preference is required to be given to siblings (as defined in this policy) of students who are already enrolled in the District. Therefore, siblings whose applications fit the capacity standards approved by the Board of Directors may be approved ahead of an otherwise qualified non-sibling applicant who submitted an earlier application as identified by the application's date and time stamp. The approval of any application for a choice transfer into the District is potentially limited by the applicant's resident district's statutory limitation of losing no more than three percent (3%) of its past year's student enrollment due to choice. As such, any District approval of a choice application prior to August 1 is provisional pending a determination that the resident district's 3% cap has not been reached. The Superintendent will consider all properly submitted applications for School Choice. By August 1, the Superintendent shall notify the parent and the student’s resident district, in writing, of the decision to accept or reject the application. Accepted Applications Applications which fit within the District's stated capacity standards shall be provisionally accepted, in writing, with the notification letter stating:
Students whose applications have been accepted and who have enrolled in the District are eligible to continue their enrollment until completing his/her secondary education. Continued enrollment is conditioned upon the student meeting applicable statutory and District policy requirements and the renewal procedure for succeeding school years is followed. Any student who has been accepted under choice and who either fails to initially enroll under the timelines and provisions provided in this policy or who chooses to return to his/her resident district voids the transfer and must reapply if, in the future, the student seeks another school choice transfer. A subsequent transfer application will be subject to the capacity standards applicable to the year in which the application is considered by the District. A present or future sibling, as defined in this policy, of a student who continues enrollment in this District may enroll in the District until the sibling of the transfer student completes his/her secondary education. Applications of siblings of presently enrolled choice students are subject to the provisions of this policy including the capacity standards applicable to the year in which the sibling's application is considered by the District. Students whose applications have been accepted and who have enrolled in the district shall not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, or disability. Rejected Applications The District may reject an application for a transfer into the District under school choice if its acceptance would exceed the capacity standards specified by the Board of Director's resolution. However, the decision to accept or reject an application may not be based on the student’s previous academic achievement, athletic or other extracurricular ability, English proficiency level, or previous disciplinary proceedings other than a current expulsion.7 An application may be provisionally rejected if it is for an opening that was included in the District's capacity resolution, but was provisionally filled by an earlier applicant. If the provisionally approved applicant subsequently does not enroll in the District, the provisionally rejected applicant could be provisionally approved and would have to meet the acceptance requirements to be eligible to enroll in the district. Rejection of applications shall be in writing and shall state the reason(s) for the rejection. A student whose application was rejected may request a hearing before the State Board of Education to reconsider the application which must be done, in writing to the State Board within ten (10) days of receiving the rejection letter from the District.
There are a few exceptions from the provisions of the rest of this policy that govern choice transfers triggered by facilities distress. Any student attending a school district that has been identified as being in facilities distress may transfer under the provisions of this policy, but with the four (4) following differences.
Opportunity School Choice Unless there is a lack of capacity at the District’s school or the transfer conflicts with the provisions of a federal desegregation order applicable to the District, a student who is enrolled in or assigned to a school classified by the ADE to be in academic distress is eligible to transfer to the school closest to the student’s legal residence that is not in academic distress. The student’s parent or guardian, or the student if over the age of eighteen (18), must successfully complete the necessary application process by July 30 preceding the initial year of desired enrollment. Within thirty (30) days from receipt of an application from a student seeking admission under this policy, the Superintendent shall notify in writing the parent or guardian, or the student if the student is over eighteen (18) years of age, whether the Opportunity School Choice application has been accepted or rejected. The notification shall be sent via First- Class Mail to the address on the application. If the application is accepted, the notification letter shall state the deadline by which the student must enroll in the receiving school or the transfer will be null and void. If the District rejects the application, the District shall state in the notification letter the specific reasons for the rejection. A parent or guardian, or the student if the student is over eighteen (18) years of age, may appeal the District’s decision to deny the application to the State Board of Education. The appeal must be in writing to the State Board of Education via certified mail, return receipt requested, no later than ten (10) calendar days, excluding weekends and legal holidays, after the notice of rejection was received from the District. For the purposes of this section of the policy, a “lack of capacity” is defined as when the receiving school has reached the maximum student-to-teacher ratio allowed under federal or state law, the Rules for the Standards of Accreditation, or other applicable rules. There is a lack of capacity if, as of the date of the application for opportunity school choice, ninety-five percent (95%) or more of the seats at the grade level at the nonresident school are filled. A student’s enrollment under the opportunity school choice provision is irrevocable for the duration of the school year and is renewable until the student completes high school or is beyond the legal age of enrollment. This provision for continuing eligibility under Opportunity Choice does not negate the student's right to apply for transfer to a district other than the student's assigned school or resident district under the Standard Choice provisions of this policy. The District may provide transportation to and from the transferring district. Transfers out of the District If a District school or the District has been classified by the ADE as being in academic distress the District shall timely notify the parent, guardian, or student, if the student is over eighteen (18) years of age, as soon as practicable after the academic distress designation is made of all options available under Opportunity Choice. The District shall offer the parent or guardian, or the student if the student is over eighteen (18) years of age, an opportunity to enroll the student in any public school or school district that has not been classified by the ADE as a public school or school district in academic distress. Additionally, the District shall request public service announcements to be made over the broadcast media and in the print media at such times and in such a manner as to inform parents or guardians of students in adjoining districts of the availability of the program, the application deadline, and the requirements and procedure for nonresident students to participate in the program. Legal References: A.C.A. § 6-1-106; A.C.A. § 6-15-430(b); A.C.A. § 6-15-2103 A.C.A. § 6-18-227; A.C.A. § 6-18-510 A.C.A. § 6-18-1901 et seq. A.C.A. § 6-21-812 ADE Rules Governing the Guidelines, Procedures and Enforcement of the Arkansas Opportunity Public School Choice Act Date Adopted: Last Revised: 08-22-14
The parents or legal guardians shall deliver written notice in person to the superintendent the first time such notice is given and the notice must include:
To aid the district in providing a free and appropriate public education to students in need of special education services, the parents or legal guardians home schooling their children shall provide information which might indicate the need for special education services. Legal References: A.C.A. § 6-15-503 A.C.A. § 6-41-206 Date Adopted: 08/18/08; Last Revised: ABSENCES 4.7 If any student’s Individual Education Program (IEP) or 504 Plan conflicts with this policy, the requirements of the student’s IEP or 504 Plan take precedence. Education is more than the grades students receive in their courses. Important as that is, students’ regular attendance at school is essential to their social and cultural development and helps prepare them to accept responsibilities they will face as an adult. Interactions with other students and participation in the instruction within the classroom enrich the learning environment and promote a continuity of instruction which results in higher student achievement. In recognition of the need for student to regularly attend school, the district’s policy governing student absences is as follows.
Note: Student must provide note from College/University of attendance for the event.
Makeup policy will be followed.
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