Cecil County Public Schools Policies
Book:
Cecil County Public Schools Policies
Section:
J - Students
Title:
ASSIGNMENT OF STUDENTS TO SCHOOLS
Number:
JECC
Status:
Active
Legal:
A
NNOTATED
C
ODE OF
M
ARYLAND--
E
DUCATION: 4-109
Adopted:
08/10/1987
Last Revised:
06/11/1990
Last Reviewed:
04/19/2010
Policy Detail
R
ELATED
E
NTRIES:
JEC, JECC-RA
OFFICE: ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT FOR EDUCATION SERVICES
ASSIGNMENT OF STUDENTS TO SCHOOLS
In accordance with the Public School Laws of Maryland, Section 4-109 (c), the County Board shall determine the geographical attendance area for each school. Students are required to attend the local school serving their designated attendance area. The Office of Student Services receives and reviews all written requests for pupil transfers to schools other than the school which the pupil would normally attend, based upon the location of parents'/legal guardians' residence. These written requests from parents/legal guardians may be approved only if one or more of the following conditions exist.
The student must:
1. Be an elementary school student in the care of a babysitter/day care center because parents are employed and will not be available to either send student to school or receive student at the end of the school day. This exception would apply to students in elementary school and 6th grade only and will require the assignment of a bus to and from babysitter's residence/day care center if not in a walking area. This exception will be granted only in schools in which space is available.
2. Be under the care of a physician for a condition which requires special medical consideration. It is the responsibility of the parent/legal guardian to provide annual physician's documentation of the continued need.
3. Be under the care of a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist for an emotional condition and be receiving regular and ongoing counseling. It is the responsibility of the parent/legal guardian to provide annual licensed psychologist/psychiatrist documentation of the continued need. Private transportation must be provided to the attending school.
4. Be in protective custody of a public or private agency and placed in a home with other than parents/legal guardians.
5. Be a student entering grade 12 who wishes to complete his/her high school program in the same local school as enrolled in grade 11. Private transportation must be provided.
6. Be applying for admission to a course or program of studies which is not available in the home-school district. Private transportation must be provided.
7. Be in a family planning to move into a different attendance area in Cecil County. Documentation of construction completion, settlement date, or rental agreement is required from contractor, lawyer, realtor or landlord. Private transportation must be provided.
8. Be in a family who has moved out of the attending district but requests to complete the current semester in the school in which they have been enrolled. Private transportation must be provided.
9. Be the subject of compelling circumstances that, in the judgment of the Superintendent of Schools or his designee, would warrant a change of schools. Private transportation must be provided.
10. Be recommended for transfer to another school by administrative decision due to unsatisfactory adjustment at the attending school. A team comprised of attending school Principal, proposed receiving school Principal, Director of Student Services and designees of the Office of the Superintendent will review each request and make a decision.
All requests from parents/legal guardians concerning out-of-district enrollments are to be in writing and must be forwarded to the Office of Student Services. No out-of-district pupil is to be admitted in school until approved by this office.
Requests which are approved will be valid for a specified period of time, not to exceed one school year.
Nothing in these procedures apply to students whose parents or legal guardians live out of Cecil County.
