Qualification of Attendance & Placement

Attending the schools of the district shall be recognized as a right and responsibility for those who meet the requirements prescribed by law. Every resident of the district who satisfies the minimum entry age requirement and is less than 21 years of age has the right to attend the district's schools until he/she completes high school graduation requirements. Children of age 8 and less than age 18 are required by law to attend a public school, an approved private school or educational center, unless they are receiving approved home-based instruction. Un- der certain circumstances children who are at least 16 and less than 18 years of age may be excused from further attendance at school. The superintendent shall exercise his/her authority to grant exceptions when he/she determines that the student:

1. Is lawfully and regularly employed, and

2. Has permission of a parent, or,

3. Is emancipated pursuant to Chapter 13.64 RCW; or

4. Is subject to one of the other exceptions to compulsory attendance.

A resident student who has been granted an exception retains the right to enroll as a part-time student and shall be entitled to take any course, receive any ancillary services and take or receive any combination of courses and ancillary services which is offered by a public school to full-time students.

Entrance Qualifications

A student must be at least five years of age on or before midnight August 31 of any year to be admitted to kindergarten in the Burlington-Edison School District.

This policy is not applicable to a bonafide transfer pupil from another school district whose entrance regulations are different from the policy of the Burlington-Edison Public Schools. That stated, admission will be refused to pupils who leave Burlington-Edison Public Schools to evade the policy and then return during the same school year.

Exception for Early Entry Kindergarten Intervention Program:

Pending available space and recourses, special exceptions may be made for younger pupils who appear to have the need for intervention services to succeed in the traditional educational program the following year. A professional examination shall assess the following:

1. Mental ability

2. Gross Motor Skills

3. Fine Motor Skills

4. Visual Discrimination

5. Auditory Discrimination

6. Emotional/Social Development

7. Language Development

Admission of Students Aged Twenty-One or Older

1. A student aged 21 or older may enroll in a school in the district under the following conditions:

2. There is available space in the school and program which thestudent shall attend;

3. Tuition is prepaid;

4. The student provides his/her own transportation;

5. The student resides in the state of Washington; and

6. In the judgment of the superintendent, no adult education program is available at reasonable costs and the district’s program is appropriate to the needs of the student.

Placement of Students on Admission

The decision of where to place a student seeking admission to the district rests with the superintendent designee. Generally, students meeting the age of admission requirements or transferring from a public or approved private school shall be placed in kindergarten or first grade, or the grade from which they transferred. The superintendent designee shall evaluate the educational record and assessments of all other students to determine their appropriate placement. A temporary classroom assignment may be made for no more than thirty calendar days for the purpose of evaluation prior to making the final placement decision.

Cross References:

Board Policy 2121 Substance Abuse Program

Board Policy 2140 Guidance and Counseling

Board Policy 2108 Remediation Programs

Board Policy 3114 Part-time, Home-based, or Off-campus Students

Board Policy 3121 Compulsory Attendance

Board Policy 3122 Excused and Unexcused Absences

Board Policy 4220 Complaints Concerning Staff or Program

Legal References:

RCW 28A.225.010 Attendance mandatory — Age — Person having custody shall cause child to attend public school — When excused

RCW 28A.225.020 School’s duties upon juvenile’s failure to attend school

RCW 28A.225.160 Qualification for admission to district’s schools — Fees for preadmission screening

RCW 28A.225.220 Adults, children from other districts, agreements for attending school — Tuition

WAC 392-335 Uniform Entry Qualifications

WAC 392-134-010 Attendance rights of part-time public school students

WAC 392-137 Finance — Nonresident attendance

Adoption Date: 05.26.15

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