JC1 - Assignments of Students to School - November 2010 Revision

This policy was revised in April 2013. We provide this revision for historic purposes only.

Students shall attend the school in the attendance boundary area in which they reside unless assigned to a different school per the direction of the superintendent or because the student has received approval for a transfer under provisions of federal and state statute or Board of Education policy.

A student changing residence during any of the following conditions shall be granted permission to complete his/her program at the school where he/she has been attending with full privileges:

• second semester of grades four (4) or seven (7);
• either semester of grades five (5) and eight (8);
• the second semester of his/her junior year; or,
• either semester of his/her senior year.

Administrative Position:

• Chief Operations Officer/Assistant Superintendent for School and Community Support

Department Director:

• Director of the Capital Master Plan/ Director of Student, School and Community Service Center

References

Legal Cross Ref.:

• §22-12-5 NMSA 1978
• No Child Left Behind Act

Board Policy Cross Ref.:

• JC School Attendance Areas
• JF2 Enrollment Priorities for Students under the Open Enrollment Act

Procedural Directive Cross Ref.:

• Students Attending a School outside their Attendance Boundaries
• Enrollment of Students Affected by Boundary Changes

NSBA/NEPN Classification: JCA

Revised: January 17, 1990
Revised: July 10, 1991
Reviewed: September 13, 2010
Reviewed: October 11, 2010
Revised: November 3, 2010

This page was last updated on: December 9, 2009.