Section 194-D:4 Pupil Selection and Enrollment.
I. (a) Open enrollment schools may set maximum enrollment as they deem appropriate.
(b) Open enrollment schools may limit enrollment to specific grade or age levels, pupil needs, or areas of academic focus including, but not limited to, at-risk pupils, vocational education pupils, mathematics, science, the arts, history, or languages.
(c)(1) Open enrollment schools may select pupils on the basis of aptitude, academic achievement, or need, provided that such selection is directly related to the academic goals of the school.
(2) If the number of otherwise eligible applicants to a particular open enrollment school exceeds that school's maximum published enrollment, that school shall use lottery selection as a basis for admission.
(3) If the number of otherwise eligible applicants to open enrollment schools located inside and outside the school district exceeds that district's published maximum percentage of pupils authorized to attend such schools, the district shall use lottery selection as a basis for pupil eligibility, and in accordance with RSA 194-D:2, VIII.
II. A pupil may withdraw from an open enrollment school at any time and enroll in a public school where the pupil resides, except that no pupil shall change schools more than once each school year. The school board of the pupil's resident district may waive this limitation after a hearing.
III. A pupil may be suspended or expelled from an open enrollment school based on criteria determined by the principal and teachers in the open enrollment school and in conformance with RSA 193:13. No open enrollment school shall be obligated to enroll an expelled pupil.
IV. For the purpose of this chapter, a pupil enrolled in an open enrollment school shall be considered reassigned to the school district in which the open enrollment school is located for purposes of school attendance.
V. The school board in the district in which the open enrollment school is located may establish policies to implement open enrollment schools as provided in this chapter.
Source. 2009, 241:14, eff. Sept. 14, 2009.