Utah Admin. Code R277-437-3 - Local School Board and District Responsibilities

(1) A local school board shall have policies describing procedures for a student to follow in applying to attend school other than the student's respective schools of residence.

(2) A Local school board shall designate which schools and programs will be available for open enrollment during the coming school year consistent with the definitions and timelines of Title 53G, Chapter 6, Part 4, School District Enrollment.

(3) The school district shall adjust timelines for open enrollment applications if the district is developing a district-wide reconfiguration of the district's schools consistent with Subsection 53G-6-401(1).

(4) A school district may establish longer or broader timelines for enrollment than required by law.

(5) If construction, remodeling, or other circumstances beyond the control of the local school board do not reasonably permit the local school board to make sufficiently accurate enrollment projections for a given school to determine whether the school should be designated as available for open enrollment for the coming year, the local board shall designate delays and procedures consistent with Subsection 53G-6-402(4)(c).

(6)

(a) As required under Subsection 53G-6-405(2), a resident district shall pay to a nonresident district one-half of the resident district's per student expenditure for each resident student properly registered in the nonresident district.

(b) A resident district may pay a nonresident district any additional amount if agreed upon by both districts.

(c) No payments shall be made pursuant to this rule for split enrollment of a student.

(d) Funding for students who are split enrolled shall be provided to the participating LEAs in accordance with Section R277-419-6.

(7) An agreement between the resident district and a nonresident district may be made prior to the acceptance of a requesting student and shall be done outside of the Statewide Online Education Program process described in R277-726.

(8) A local school board shall establish a procedure to consider appeals of a student's denial of initial or continued enrollment of a nonresident student under Subsection 53G-6-404(1).

(9) A local school board may deny a student's request for enrollment for a reason identified in Title 53G, Chapter 6, Part 4, School District Enrollment.

(10) This rule does not govern eligibility for nonresident students to participate in activities supervised by the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA).

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Utah Admin. Code R277-437-3

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2019-3, effective 1/9/2019