15.1-31 Open Enrollment
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wishes to enroll a student in a North Dakota school district other than the student's
district of residence shall file an application for approval with the board of the
admitting district and shall file a copy of the application with the student's district of
residence. The superintendent of public instruction shall make the application forms
available in each school district.2.By April first of the school year preceding the year of enrollment, the board of the
admitting district shall approve or deny the application. The board of the admitting
district shall notify the board of the district of residence and the student's parent of its
decision within five days.3.Notice of intent to enroll in the admitting district obligates the student to attend the
admitting district during the following school year unless the school boards of the
resident and the admitting districts agree in writing to allow the student to transfer
back to the resident district or the student's parent relocates to another district.4.All applications must be reviewed in the order they are received.5.A student whose school district of residence does not offer the grade level in which
the student requires enrollment may not participate in open enrollment.Forpurposes of determining whether the grade level in which the student requires
enrollment is offered, the several school districts cooperating with each other for the
joint provision of education services under a plan approved by the superintendent of
public instruction must be considered to be a single district.6.A child placed for purposes other than education in a group or residential care facility
or in a psychiatric residential treatment facility is not eligible for open enrollment
under this section.7.The board of a school district of residence and the board of an admitting district shall
waive the application, consideration, and approval dates in this section for any
student who, together with the student's parent, moves from the student's school
district of residence to another school district and who wishes to enroll in a school
district other than the district to which the student moved.8.The board of a school district of residence and the board of an admitting district shall
waive the application, consideration, and approval dates in this section for any
student who, together with the student's parent, moves into this state from out of
state and who wishes to enroll in a school district other than the district to which the
student moved.15.1-31-02.Open enrollment - Grounds for denial - Exception.Repealed byS.L. 2007, ch. 181,