Kan. Admin. Regs. § 91-16-17 - Application procedures for admission to vocational education courses and programs
(a) Each
prospective student shall submit a written application on forms as provided in
K.A.R. 91-16-19 or 91-16-20 for admission to state approved vocational
education courses and programs. Boards of control or their agents shall make
application forms available upon request.
(b) An application from an out-district
student shall be accompanied by an affidavit of residency using the form as
provided in K.A.R. 91-16-19 or 91-16-20.
(c) An application shall be submitted for
approval or disapproval to the vocational education institution the applicant
wishes to attend.
(d) An applicant
may be disapproved or placed on a waiting list by a vocational education
institution for any of the following reasons:
(1) Insufficient facilities or staff; or
(2) Reasonable proof, obtained
through interviews, counseling, or testing, that the applicant is incapable of
benefiting from the instruction, or of being employed in the occupation for
which the instruction is being sought.
(3) Failure to meet minimum age requirements.
(e) Upon acceptance
into a state approved vocational education course or program, each student
shall be issued an enrollment decision form, as provided by K.A.R. 91-26-21,
signed by the director or other person vested with authority of the
institution, indicating that space and facilities have been reserved for him or
her. Within two (2) weeks after the issuance of the decision, the vocational
education institution shall notify the district of its action and that it is to
be held responsible for the tuition.
(f) Within two (2) weeks after receiving the
decision of the vocational education institution, it shall be the
responsibility of the prospective student, or his or her parent or guardian, to
present copies of his or her application and of the enrollment decision, as
executed by the vocational education institution, to the clerk of the board of
education, or the superintendent of schools, of the student's unified school
district, if unusual or unforeseen circumstances, as determined by the state
board, prevent their so doing, the student or his or her parent or guardian
shall present the documents at the earliest following date.
(g) The application and decision of the
vocational education institution shall be acted upon by the local board of
education during the month in which they are presented and filed with
applicant's school district. If the application is received too late, the
application and decision shall be approved or disapproved at the next regular
meeting of the board. Failure of the board to act shall be considered a denial
of application for admission to state approved vocational education courses or
program and of tuition payment and ground for appeal to the state board.
(h) The application shall be
approved by applicant's school district unless there is a good faith doubt as
to the applicant's legal place of residence being in the district, or the
ability of the applicant to benefit from the instruction. In addition to the
foregoing reasons, the application of a student for the payment of out-district
tuition may be denied by the district if it is determined that the same or
substantially the same state approved vocational education course or program
applied for is offered within the district, or is otherwise available to the
student under the terms of a state approved participating agreement.
(i) Upon approval of the application, the
local board of education shall promptly execute the decision form as provided
by K.A.R. 91-16-21, and return it to the applicant and to the vocational
education institution. The decision form must be signed by the president, or by
another member of the board, or superintendent of schools, whichever official
may be designated by the board, and attested by the clerk.
(j) In the event the local board of
education, or a vocational education institution, denies the application for
admission to state approved vocational education courses or program or for the
payment of tuition, the board or institution shall specify promptly in writing
to the applicant and to the vocational education institution, in the event the
denial of an application is by the board of education, the ground or grounds
for denying the application. The board denying the application shall also
immediately notify the applicant of his right to appeal the decision within
thirty (30) days after receipt of the denial, to the state board in accordance
with rules and regulations of the state board, and inform the applicant that
appeal forms and the rules governing appeals are available from the vocational
education institution and from the office of the commissioner of education,
Kansas state education building, 120 East 10th Avenue, Topeka, Kansas 66612.
Failure of the local board of education, or vocational education institution to
timely notify the applicant of its denial of the application or of the right to
appeal the denial, shall not prejudice the applicant's right of appeal to the
state board even though more than thirty (30) days have elapsed from the date
of the denial. Applicant shall have thirty (30) days to perfect the appeal from
the date he or she actually is informed of the decision of the local board of
education or vocational education institution denying the application, or of
the failure of the local board of education to take action within the time
specified in K.A.R. 91-16-17(g).
Notes
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