JEC: Admissions

Code: JEC

Adopted: 1/04/07

Revised/Readopted: 6/09/10; 4/13/16; 10/11/17;  9/28/22

Orig. Code: JEC

The Board is committed to providing an educational program for all students living in the district. The Board believes all students living in the district who have not completed 12 years of education should regularly attend a public full-time school and be included in the available educational programs.

Students residing within the district’s boundaries, are eligible to attend the district schools. Compulsory attendance is established by state statute with provision for exceptions under specified conditions.

In compliance with state statutes, all students registering for the first grade must be six years of age on or before September 1 of the school year for which they are registering. All students registering for kindergarten must be five years of age on or before September 1 of the school year for which they are registering. Exceptions to these age requirements are allowed by board policy JEBA - Early Entrance, and administrative regulation JEBA-AR – Early Entrance into Kindergarten/First Grade.

Students between the ages of 5 and 18 who are not legally emancipated or wards of a public agency shall be considered resident for school purposes in the district in which their parents or guardian reside.

All new students must register in the office or as directed. Students enrolled in the district shall comply with Oregon laws related to age, residence, health, attendance, and immunization.

Students located in the district shall not be excluded from admission solely because the student does not have a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence or solely because the student is not under the supervision of a parent.

Students located in the district shall not be excluded from admission where they are otherwise eligible, not receiving special education, and they have not yet attained the age of 19 prior to the beginning of the current school year.

The district may admit an otherwise eligible person who is not receiving special education and who has not yet attained 21 years of age prior to the beginning of the current school year if the person is shown to be in need of additional education to receive a high school diploma or a modified diploma.

Students have a right to attend the neighborhood school which is within the attendance boundaries of which they are also resident. This right does not supersede the district’s right to place students at another neighborhood school when overcrowding exists or when a different placement is considered to be in the best interest of students.

Students who attend a district school on an interdistrict transfer or were admitted prior to 2019 through open enrollment are considered residents of the district.

Students living in the district who have attained the age of majority are considered residents of the district unless the student has transferred to another district via interdistrict transfer or open enrollment.

Minor students living with a parent or guardian who resides in the district are considered residents of the district unless the student has transferred to another district via interdistrict transfer or open enrollment.

Students who are in foster care¹ and who are placed in the district are residents of the district of origin, unless the court determines that attending in the district of residence is in the best interest of the student.

Students who are military children² are considered resident of the district, if the district is the district of military residence³ for the military child. Parents of military students must provide proof of residency within 10 days after the date of military transfer or pending transfer indicated on the official military orders.

Students whose parent or guardian voluntarily placed the child outside the child’s home with a public or private agency and who is living in a licensed, certified or approved substitute care program, and whose residency is established pursuant to Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 339.134.

END OF POLICY

Legal Reference(s):

Illegal Immigration and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101, 1221, 1252, 1324, 1363, 1367 (2018). McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Subtitle VII-B, reauthorized by Title IX-A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 11431, 11434a (2012).