FILE: JBCD
STUDENT TRANSFER AND WITHDRAWAL
TRANSFER
Students shall be required to attend the school in the attendance area in which their residence is located. Students who wish to attend a school other than the one designated for their resident attendance zone may apply for transfer when circumstances warrant. All requests for transfer shall be in writing, and shall include reasons for the transfer as well as other pertinent information that the School Board may require. In order to determine the cumulative effect of transfers, all transfer requests shall be submitted by the third Monday in July preceding the school year of the requested transfer. Only bona fide emergency transfers shall be considered after this date.
The Superintendent shall consider for approval all requests for student transfer if such transfer is determined to be in the best interests of the student and the school system. All student transfers shall be in accordance with regulations of the court-ordered desegregation plan for Vermilion Parish. No school shall accept a student not residing in that school's attendance zone unless the student has an approved transfer application on file. Applications which are approved are for one school year only and must be renewed by application for subsequent years. Any decision made by the Superintendent regarding the transfer of a student may be appealed to the School Board for a final determination in accordance with state law.
Any student permitted to transfer shall provide his/her own transportation to school.
WITHDRAWAL
Students shall be required to attend school in accordance with statutory provisions. Students may be permitted to withdraw from school however, if approved by the Superintendent and School Board. Such withdrawal must be in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the School Board.
Adopted: September 15, 2016
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยงยง17:81, 17:104.1, 17:105, 17:106, 17:108, 17:109, 17:111, 17:221, 17:226, 17:227
Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators, Bulletin 741, Louisiana Department of Education
Board minutes, 9-15-16
Vermilion Parish School Board