Robert Redfern, Presidentkim Sullivan, Vice President

2016-2017

Student Handbook

Danville School District

Approved

Robert Redfern, PresidentKim Sullivan, vice President

Danville School District
2016-2017 Calendar
Summer 2016 / Teacher Flex Days (5 days)
August 8-11, 2016 / Professional Development
August 11, 2016 / Open House
August 12, 2016 / Teacher Flex Day (1Day)
August 15, 2016 / First Day of School
September 5, 2016 / Labor Day (No School)
September 16, 2016 / Yell Co. Fair Day (Flex Day, no classes)
September 22, 2016 / Parent Teacher Conferences
October 11, 2016 / End of 1st nine Weeks (40 Days)
October 12, 2016 / Begin 2nd Nine Weeks
November 21-22, 2016 / Teacher Flex Days (no classes)
November 23-25, 2016 / Thanksgiving Holidays
December 15-16, 2016 / Semester Test Days (Early Dismissal)
December 16, 2016 / End 2nd Nine Weeks (43 Days)
December 19-January 2 / Christmas Holidays
*January 3, 2017 / Professional Development (1 Day)
January 4, 2017 / Begin 3rd Nine Weeks
*January 16, 2017 / MLK Jr. Day (no school) Possible Snow Day
February 17, 2017 / Winter Break (no school) Possible Snow Day
March 10, 2017 / End of 3rd Nine Weeks (46 Days)
March 13, 2017 / Begin 4th Nine Weeks
March 20-24, 2017 / Spring Break
*April 14, 2017 / Good Friday (no school) Possible Snow Day
May 25-26, 2017 / Semester Test (Early Dismissal)
May 29, 2017 / Memorial Day
*May 30, 2017 / Snow Day
190 Contract Days
State Required 5 Snow days Built into calendar
2 Parent-teacher conference Days
5 District Provided Professional Development Days
2 of the Flex Days prior to start of school may be used for room preparation (PD Purposes)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Alphabetical Order

ABSENCES...... 4.7...... 13

ADVANCED PLACEMENT, INTERNATIONAL BACCALCUREATE, AND HONORS COURSES...... 5.21...... 131

ALTERNATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS...... 5.26...... 102

ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 9-12 ...... 4.44...... 73

BULLYING ...... 4.43...... 70

CHALLENGE OF LIBRARY/MEDIA FORM (APPENDIX)...... 5.6F...... 107

CHALLENGE OF LIBRARY/MEDIA MATERIALS...... 5.6...... 106

CHECK OUT/CHECK IN ...... 4.7.1...... 17

CLOSED CAMPUS...... 4.10...... 18

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND PARASITES...... 4.34...... 61

COMPULSORY ATTENDENCE REQUIREMENTS...... 4.3...... 6

CONCURRENT CREDIT...... 5.22...... 132

CONDUCT TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND TRANSPORTATION ELIGIBLITY...... 4.19...... 35

CONTACTS WITH STUDENTS WHILE AT SCHOOL...... 4.15...... 26

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT...... 4.39...... 66

DANVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS DRUG RELEASE AND CONSENT FORM (APPENDIX) ...... 4.24F...... 47

DIGITAL LEARNING COURSES...... 5.11...... 110

DISCIPLINE CLASSIFICATIONS...... 4.18.1...... 31

DISRUPTION OF SCHOOL...... 4.20...... 36

DRUGS AND ALCOHOL...... 4.24...... 40

EDUCATIONAL PHILOSPHY...... 5.1...... 102

EMERGENCY DRILLS...... 4.37...... 65

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS...... 5.27...... 104

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS ...... 4.2...... 2

EPINEPHRINE EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION CONSENT FORM (APPENDIX)...... 4.35F4...... 65

EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY...... 4.11...... 19

EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN SCHOOLS...... 5.23...... 133

EXPLUSION...... 4.31...... 58

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES – ELEMENTARY...... 4.56.1...... 98

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES – SECONDARY SCHOOLS...... 4.56...... 94

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY ELGIBILITY FOR HOME SCHOOLED STUDENTS (OPTION A)...... 5.19.2.....127

EXTRACURRICULAT ACTIVITY ELIGIBLITY FOR HOME SCHOOLED STUDENTS ...... 4.56.2.....100

EXTRACURRICULUR ACTIVITES – SECONDARY SCHOOL ...... 5.19...... 120

FOOD SERVICE PREPAYMENT...... 4.51...... 88

GANGS AND ACTIVITY...... 4.26...... 49

GLUCAGON ADMINISTRATION AND CARRY CONSENT FORM (APPENDIX)...... 4.35F3...... 65

GRADING...... 5.15...... 115

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS (CEREMONIAL) ...... 5.17...... 119

GRADUATION...... 5.16.1.....117

HEALTH SERVICES...... 5.18...... 120

HOME SCHOOL TRANSFERS...... 4.4.1...... 7

HOME SCHOOLED STUDENTS’ LETTER OF INTENT TO PARTICIPATE

IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITES (APPENDIX)...... S.19.2F.....132

HOME SCHOOLING...... 4.6...... 12

HOMELESS STUDENTS...... 4.40...... 67

HOMEWORK...... 5.14...... 114

HONOR ROLL AND GRADUATE OPT OUT FORM (APPENDIX)...... 5.17F...... 120

HONOR ROLL AND HONOR GRADUATES ...... 5.17...... 117

INTERNET SAFETY AND ELCTROINIC DEVICE USE POLICY...... 4.29...... 52

LASER POINTERS...... 4.28...... 52

MAKE-UP WORK...... 4.8...... 17

MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION CONSENT FORM (APPENDIX)...... 4.35F1...... 65

MEDICATION SELF-ADMINISTRATION CONSENT FORM (APPENDIX)...... 4.35F2...... 65

MISCELLANEOUS...... 6.3...... 135

NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT FUNDING EXPENDITURES...... 5.28...... 105

OBJECTION TO PHYSCIAL EXAMINATIONS OR SCREEENING ...... 4.41F...... 69

OBJECTION TO PARTICIPATION IN SURVEYS, ANALYSIS, OR EVALUATIONS (APPENDIX)...... 5.24F...... 135

PERMANENT RECORDS...... 4.38...... 66

PERMISSION TO DISPLAY PHOTO OF STUDENT ON WEB SITE FORM (APPENDIX)...... 5.20F...... 131

PERMISSION TO PARTICIPATE IN SURVEYS, ANALYSIS, OR EVALUAITONS (APPENDIX)...... 5.24F2.....135

PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS OR SCREENINGS...... 4.41...... 68

PLACEMENT OF MULTIPLE BIRTH SIBLINGS...... 4.53...... 89

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE...... 4.46...... 83

POSSESSION AND USE OF CELL PHONES, AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES...... 4.47...... 84

PRIVACY OF STUDENTS’ RECORDS/ DIRECTORY INFORMATION...... 4.13...... 20

PROHIBITED CONDUCT...... 4.18...... 30

RELIGION IN THE SCHOOLS...... 5.10...... 109

REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF LIBRARY/MEDIA CENTER MATERIALS (APPENDIX)...... 5.7F...... 109

RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS...... 4.1...... 1

SCHOOL CHOICE (APPENDIX)...... 4.5...... 8

SEARCH, SEIZURE, AND INTERROGATIONS...... 4.32...... 59

SELECTION/INSPCITION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS...... 5.5...... 105

SELECTION OF LIBRARY/MEDIA CENTER MATERIALS...... 5.7...... 107

SMART CORE CURRICULUM AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS ......

FOR THE CLASS OF 2018 AND THEREAFTER...... 4.45.1...... 78

SMART CORE CURRICULUM AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS74

FOR THE CLASSES OF 2015, 2016, AND 2017 ...... 4.45...... 74

STUDENT ACCELERATION...... 4.54...... 90

STUDENT ASSAULT OR BATTERY...... 4.21...... 37

STUDENT DISCIPLINE...... 4.17...... 27

STUDENT DRESS AND GROOMING...... 4.25...... 47

STUDENT ELECTROINC DEVICE AND INTERNET USE AGREEMENT (APPENDIX)...... 4.29.1...... 55

STUDENT HANDBOOK...... 4.42...... 69

STUDENT ILLNESS/ACCIDENT...... 4.36...... 65

STUDENT MEDICATIONS...... 4.35...... 62

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS/EQUAL ACCESS...... 4.12...... 19

STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN SURVEYS...... 5.24...... 133

STUDENT PROMOTION AND RETENTION ...... 4.55...... 91

STUDENT PUBLICATIONS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE...... 4.14...... 23

STUDENT SEXUAL HARASSMENT...... 4.27...... 50

STUDENT TRANSFERS...... 4.4...... 6

STUDENT VISITORS ...... 4.16...... 27

STUDENTS WHO ARE FOSTER CHILDREN...... 4.52...... 88

STUDENTS’ VEHICLES...... 4.33...... 61

SUMMER SCHOOL...... 5.13...... 114

SUSPENSION FROM SCHOOL...... 4.30...... 57

TARDIES...... 4.9...... 18

TOBACCO AND TABACCO PRODUCTS...... 4.23...... 39

VIDEO SURVELLANCE AND OTHER STU85DENT MONITORING...... 4.48...... 85

VOLUNTEERS...... 6.4...... 137

WEAPONS AND DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTS...... 4.22...... 38

WEB SITE PRIVACY POLICY...... 5.20.1.....130

Appendix...... 141

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Numerical Order

4.1...RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS...... 1

4.10...CLOSED CAMPUS...... 18

4.11...EQUAL EDUATIONAL OPPORTUNITY...... 19

4.12...STUDENT ORGANIZAIONS/EQUAL ACCESS...... 19

4.13...PRIVACY OF STUDENTS’ RECONDS/ DIRECTORY INFORMATION...... 20

4.14...STUDENT PUBLICATIONS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE...... 23

4.15...CONTACTS WITH STUDENTS WHILE AT SCHOOL ...... 26

4.16...STUDENT VISITORS...... 27

4.17...STUDENT DISCIPLINE...... 27

4.18...PROHIBITED CONDUCT...... 30

4.18.1.DISCIPLINE CLASSIFICATIONS...... 31

4.19...CONDUCT TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND TRANSPORTATION ELIGIBLITY...... 35

4.2...ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS...... 2

4.20...DISRUPTION OF SCHOOL...... 36

4.21...STUDENT ASSAULT OR BATTERY...... 37

4.22...WEAPONS AND DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTS...... 38

4.23...TOBACCO AND TABACCO PRODUCTS...... 39

4.24...DRUGS AND ALCOHOL...... 40

4.24F..DANVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS DRUG RELEASE AND CONSENT FORM (APPENDIX)...... 47

4.25...STUDENT DRESS AND GROOMING...... 47

4.26...GANGS AND ACTIVITY...... 49

4.27...STUDENT SEXUAL HARASSMENT...... 50

4.28...LASER POINTERS...... 52

4.29...INTERNET SAFETY AND ELETRONIC DEVICE USE POLICY...... 52

4.29.1.STUDENT ELECTROINC DEVICE AND INTERNET USE AGREEMENT (APPENDIX)...... 55

4.3...COMPULSORY ATTENDENCE REQUIREMENTS...... 6

4.30...SUSPENSION FROM SCHOOL...... 57

4.31...EXPLUSION...... 58

4.32...SEARCH, SEIZURE, AND INTERROGATIONS...... 59

4.33...STUDENTS’ VEHICLES...... 61

4.34...COMMUNICABLE DESASES AND PARASITES...... 61

4.35...STUDENT MEDICATIONS...... 62

4.35F1. MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION CONSENT FORM (APPENDIX)...... 65

4.35F2.MEDICATION SELF ADMINSTRATION CONSET FORM (APPENDIX)...... 65

4.35F3.GLUCAGON ADMINISTRATION AND CARRY CONSENT FORM (APPENDIX)...... 65

4.35F4.EPINEPHRINE EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION CONSENT FORM (APPENDIX)...... 65

4.36...STUDENT ILLNESS/ACCIDEN...... 65

4.37...EMERGENCY DRILLS...... 65

4.38...PERMANENT RECORDS...... 66

4.39...CORPORAL PUNISHMENT...... 66

4.4...STUDENT TRANSFERS...... 6

4.4.1..HOME SCHOOL TRANSFERS...... 7

4.40...HOMELESS STUDENTS...... 67

4.41...PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS OR SCREENINGS...... 68

4.41F..OBJECTION TO PHYSCIAL EXAMINATIONS OR SCREENING (Appendix)...... 69

4.42...STUDENT HANDBOOK...... 69

4.43...BULLYING...... 70

4.44...ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS OR STUDENTS IN GRADES 9-12...... 73

4.45...SMART CORE CURRICULUM AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS...... 74

4.45.1.SMART CORE CURRICULUM AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS THE CLASS OF 2018 AND THEREAFTER78

4.46...PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE...... 83

4.47...POSSESSION AND USE OF CELL PHONES, AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES...... 84

4.48...VIDEO SURVELLANCE AND OTHER STUDENT MONITORING...... 85

4.5...SCHOOL CHOICE (APPENDIX)...... 8

4.51...FOOD SERVICE PREPAYMENT...... 88

4.52...STUDENT WHO ARE FOSTER CHILDREN ...... 88

4.53...PLACEMENT OF MULTIPLE BIRTH SIBLINGS...... 89

4.54...STUDENT ACCELERATION...... 90

4.55...STUDENT PROMOTION AND RETENTION...... 91

4.56...EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITES- SECONDARY SCHOOLS...... 94

4.56.1.EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES- ELEMENTARY ...... 98

4.56.2.EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY ELGIBLITY FOR HOME SCHOOLED STUDENTS...... 100

4.6...HOME SCHOOLING...... 12

4.7...ABSENCES...... 13

4.7.1..CHECK OUT/CHECK IN...... 17

4.8...MAKE UP WORK...... 17

4.9...TARDIES...... 18

5.1...EDUCATIONAL PHILOSPHY...... 102

5.10...RELIGION IN THE SCHOOLS...... 109

5.11...DIGITAL LEARNING COURSES...... 110

5.13...SUMMER SCHOOL...... 114

5.14...HOMEWORK...... 114

5.15...GRADING...... 115

5.16.1.GRADUATION...... 117

5.17...GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS (CEREMONIAL)...... 119

5.17...HONOR ROLL AND HONOR GRADUATES...... 117

5.17F..HONOR ROLL AND GRADUATE OPT OUT FORM (APPENDIX)...... 120

5.18...HEALTH SERVICES...... 120

5.19...EXTRACURRICULUR ACTIVITIES- SECONDARY SCHOOLS...... 120

5.19.2.EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY ELGIBLITY FOR HOME SCHOOLED STUDENTS (OPTION A)...... 127

S.19.2F.HOMESCHOOLED STUDENTS; LETTER OF INTENT TO PARTICIPATE IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES..130

5.20.1.WEB SITE PRIVACY POLICY...... 130

5.20F..PERMISSION TO DISPLAY PHOTO OF STUDENTS ON WEB SITE FORM...... 131

5.21...ADVANCED PLACEMENT, INTERNATIONAL BACCALCUREATE, AND HONORS COURSES...... 131

5.22...CONCURRENT CREDIT...... 132

5.23...EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN SCHOOLS...... 133

5.24...STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN SURVEYS...... 133

5.24F..OBJECTION TO PARTICIPATION IN SURVEYS. ANALYSIS, KOR EVALUATIONS...... 135

5.24F2.PERMISSION TO PARTICIPATE IN SURVEYS, ANALYSIS, OR EVALUATIONS...... 135

5.26...ALTERNATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS...... 102

5.27...ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS...... 104

5.28...NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT FUNDING EXPENDITURES...... 105

5.5...SELECTION/INSPECTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS...... 105

5.6...CHALLENGE OF LIBRARY/MEDIA MATERIALS...... 106

5.6F...CHALLENGE OF LIBRARY/MEDIA FORM (APPENDIX)...... 107

5.7...SELECTION OF LIBRARY/MEDIA CENTER MATERIALS...... 107

5.7F...REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION OF LIBRARY/ MEDIA CENTER MATERIALS...... 109

6.3...MISCELANEOUS...... 135

6.4...VOLUNTEERS...... 137

Appendix...... 141

1

RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS 4.1

Definitions:

“Reside” means to be physically present and to maintain a permanent place of abode for an average of no fewer than four (4) calendar days and nights per week for a primary purpose other than school attendance.

“Resident” means a student whose parents, legal guardians, persons having legal, lawful control of the student under order of a court, or persons standing in loco parentis reside in the school district.

“Residential address” means the physical location where the student’s parents, legal guardians, persons having legal, lawful control of the student under order of a court, or persons standing in loco parentis reside. A student may use the residential address of a legal guardian, person having legal, lawful control of the student under order of a court, or person standing in loco parentis only if the student resides at the same residential address and if the guardianship or other legal authority is not granted solely for educational needs or school attendance purposes.

The schools of the Danville School District shall be open and free through the completion of the secondary program to all persons between the ages of five (5) and twenty-one (21) years whose parents, legal guardians, or other persons having lawful control of the person under an order of a court reside with the district and to all persons between those ages who have been legally transferred to the district for educational purposes. Residency requirements of homeless students are governed by Policy 4.40-HOMELESS STUDENTS. Residency requirements governing foster children are governed by Policy 4.52-STUDENTS WHO ARE FOSTER CHILDREN.

Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older may establish a residence separate and apart from his or her parents or guardians for school attendance purposes.

In order for a person under the age of eighteen (18) years to establish a residence for the purpose of attending the district’s schools separate and apart from his or her parents, guardians, or other persons having lawful control of him or her under an order of a court, the person must actually reside in the district for a primary purpose other than that of school attendance. However, a student previously enrolled in the district who is placed under the legal guardianship of a noncustodial parent living outside the district by a custodial parent on active military duty may continue to attend that district’s schools. A foster child who was previously enrolled in a district’s school and who has had a change in placement to a resident out the district may continue to remain enrolled in his/her current school unless the presiding court rules otherwise.

Under instances prescribed in A.C.A. § 6-18-203, a child or ward of an employee of the district or of the education coop to which the district belongs may enroll in the district even though the employee and his/her child or ward resides outside the district.

Cross References:Policy 4.40-HOMELESS STUDENTS

Policy 4.52-STUDENTS WHO ARE FOSTER CHILDREN

Legal References:A.C.A. § 6-18-202A.C.A. § 6-18-203

A.C.A. § 6-27-102,112A.C.A. § 9-28-113

Date Adopted:Last Revised:

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS4.2

To enroll in a school in the Danville School District, the child must be a resident of the district as defined in district policy 4.1-RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS, meet the criteria outlined in Policy 4.40-HOMELESS STUDENTS or in Policy 4.52-STUDENTS WHO ARE FOSTER CHILDREN, be accepted as a transfer student under the provisions of Policy 4.4, or participate under a school choice option and submit the required paperwork as required by the choice option.

Students may enter kindergarten if they will attain the age of five (5) on or before August

1 of the year in which they are seeking initial enrollment. Any student who has been enrolled in a state-accredited or state-approved kindergarten program in another state for at least sixty (60 days, who will become five (5) years old during the year in which he/she is enrolled in kindergarten, and who meets the basic residency requirement for school attendance may be enrolled in kindergarten upon written request to the district.

Any child who will be six (6) years of age on or before October 1 of the school year of enrollment and who has not completed a state-accredited kindergarten program shall be evaluated by the district and may be placed in the first grade if the results of the evaluation justify placement in the first grade and the child’s parent or legal guardian agrees with placement in the first grade; otherwise the child shall be placed in kindergarten.

Any child may enter first grade if the child will attain the age of six (6) years during the school year in which the child is seeking enrollment and the child has successfully completed a kindergarten program in a public school in Arkansas.

Any child who has been enrolled in the first grade in a state-accredited or state-approved elementary school in another state for a period of at least sixty (60) days, who will become age six (6) years during the school year in which he/she is enrolled in grade one (1) and who meets the basic residency requirements for school attendance may be enrolled in the first grade.

Students who move into the district from an accredited school shall be assigned to the same grade as they were attending in their previous school (mid-year transfers) or as they would have been assigned in their previous school. Homeschooled students shall be evaluated by the district to determine their appropriate grade placement.

The district shall make no attempt to ascertain the immigration status, legal or illegal, of any student or his/her parent or legal guardian presenting for enrollment.

Prior to the child’s admission to Danville School:

1. The parent, guardian, or other responsible person shall furnish the child’s social security number, or if they request, the district will assign the child a nine (9) digit number designated by the Arkansas Department of Education.
2. The parent, guardian, or other responsible person shall provide the district with oneof the following documents indicating the child’s age:

a.A birth certificate,

b.A statement by the local registrar or a county recorder certifying the child’s

c.date of birth,

d.An attested baptismal certificate,

e.A passport,

f.An affidavit of the date and place of birth by the child’s parent or guardian,

g.United States military identification, or

h.Previous school records.

1. The parent guardian, or other responsible person shall indicate on school registration forms whether the child has been expelled from school in any other school district or is a part to an expulsion proceeding. The student cannot be enrolled until the board gives the student a hearing to determine whether to enroll the student. Therefore, a prompt hearing is recommended.

The Danville School District will not allow any person who has been suspended or expelled from any other school district to enroll until the time of that persons’ suspension or expulsion has expired. (Act 472 of 1995)

1. The child shall be age appropriately immunized from poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, red (rubeola) measles, rubella, and other diseases as designated by the State Board of Health, or have an exemption issued by the Arkansas Department of Health. Proof of immunization shall be by a certificate of a licensed physician or a public health department acknowledging the immunization. Exemptions are also possible on an annual basis for religious reasons from the Arkansas Department of Health, 4815 W. Markham, Slot 48, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205. Letters of exemption or denial will be issued to the school. To continue such exemptions, they must be renewed at the beginning of each school year. A child enrolling in a district and living in the household of person on active military duty has 30 days to receive his/her initial required immunizations and 12 months to be up to date on the required immunizations for the student’s age.

A student enrolled in the Danville School District who has an immunization exemption may be removed from school during an outbreak of the disease for which the student is not vaccinated at the discretion of the Arkansas Department of Health. The student may not return to the school until the outbreak has been resolved and the student’s return to school is approved by the Arkansas Department of Health.

Uniformed Services Member's Children

For the purposes of this policy, "active duty members of the uniformed services" includes members of the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C. Section 1209 and 1211; "uniformed services" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard as well as the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health Services; "veteran" means: a person who served in the uniformed services and who was discharged or released there from under conditions other than dishonorable.

This policy applies to children of: active duty members of the uniformed services; members or veterans of the uniformed services who are severely injured and medically discharged or retired for a period of one (1) year after medical discharge or retirement; and members of the uniformed services who die on active duty or as a result of injuries sustained on active duty for a period of one (1) year after death.

An eligible child as defined in this policy shall:

1. Be allowed to continue his/her enrollment at the grade level commensurate with his/her grade level he/she was in at the time of transition from his/her previous school, regardless of age;

1. Be eligible for enrollment in the next highest grade level, regardless of age if the student has satisfactorily completed the prerequisite grade level in his/her previous school;

1. Enter the District's school on the validated level from his/her previous accredited school when transferring into the District after the start of the school year;

1. Be enrolled in courses and programs the same as or similar to the ones the student was enrolled in his/her previous school to extent that space is available. This does not prohibit the District from performing subsequent evaluations to ensure appropriate placement and continued enrollment of the student in the courses/and/or programs;

1. Be provided services comparable to those the student with disabilities received in his/her previous school based on his/her previous Individualized Education Program (IEP). This does not preclude the District school from performing subsequent evaluations to ensure appropriate placement of the student;

1. Make reasonable accommodations and modifications to address the needs of an incoming student with disabilities, subject to an existing 504 or Title II Plan, necessary to provide the student with equal access to education. This does not preclude the District school from performing subsequent evaluations to ensure appropriate placement of the student;

1. Be enrolled by an individual who has been given the special power of attorney for the student's guardianship. The individual shall have the power to take all other actions requiring parental participation and/or consent;

1. Be eligible to continue attending District schools if he/she has been placed under the legal guardianship of a noncustodial parent living outside the district by a custodial parent on active military duty.

RETURNING STUDENTS