School District

ADMISSION AND DENIAL 0F ADMISSION
Policy JF

Admission

All persons age 6 and under 21 who have not graduated ?'om high school or received any
document evidencing completion of the equivalent of a secondary curriculum (G.E.D.), and
resides within the boundaries of this school district may be permitted to attend public schools
without payment of tuition.

A birth certi?cate or other proof of legal age, as well as proof of residence, shall be required by
the school administration.

Except as otherwise provided by state law concerning enrollment of students in out-of-home
placements, students new to the district shall be enrolled conditionally until records, including
discipline records, from the schools previously a ended by the student are received by the
district. Notice of the conditional enrollment status of nev.r stud shall be clemly indicated on
all new student enrollment forms. In the event the student's records indicate a reason to deny
admission, the student?s conditional enrollment status shall be revoked. The student's

parent/ guardian shall be provided with written notice of the denial of enrolhnent. The notice
shall inform the parent/ guardian of the right to request a hearing.

Students shall be urged to have a physical examination and to submit a report ??om the
examining physician on a form provided by the district prior to enrollment.

The Board of Education may establish fees for evening high school, summer school, adult
education or community education

Denial of Admission

The Board of Education or the Superintendent may deny admission to the schools of the district
for cause. The grounds for denial of admission shall be those established by law. (See exhibit
JF-E and regulation JF-R.)

Students who were expelled from any school district during the preceding 12 months or whose
behavior during the preceding 12 months in another school district was detrimental to the welfare
or safety of other students or school personnel may be denied admission.

Pursuant to Colorado law, a student who has been expelled shall be prohibited from enrolling or
re-enrolling in the same school in which the victim of the offense or member of the victim's
immediate family is enrolled or employed when:

1. The expelled student was convicted of a crime, adjudicated a juvenile delinquent,
received a deferred judgment or was placed in a diversion program as a result of
committing the offense for which the student was expelled;

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2. There is an identi?able victim of the expelled student's offense; and
3. The offense for which the student was expelled does not constitute a crime against
property.

If the district has no actual knowledge of the name of the victim, the expelled student shall be
prohibited from enrolling or re-enrolling only upon request of the victim or a member of the
victim's immediate family.

The Board shall provide due process of law to students and parents/ guardians through written
procedures consistent with law for denial of admission to a student.

The policy and procedures for denial of admission shall be the same as those for student
suspension and expulsion inasmuch as the same section of the law governs these areas. (See
regulation KE-R.)

(NOTE: In any district that has only one school in which the expelled student can enroll, the
district shall either prohibit the student from enrolling or design a schedule that, to the extent
possible, avoids contact between the expelled student and the victim or victim is family.)

Students who are not residents of the Aspen School District No. 1 (RE) may enroll and attend
schools in the school district only as provided in this policy. Non-resident students who do not
comply with the provisions of this policy will not be enrolled in any school or program in the
school district. Tuition may be charged only as provided in this policy.

1. Grounds for Denial of Admissions to Non-Resident Colorado Students. The school
district may deny admission to students who are not resident in the school district and who
are resident in the State of Colorado only if (1) the non?resident student applicant fails to
comply with the application procedures set forth in this policy, (2) the non-resident student
applicant fails to meet the enrolhnent criteria set forth in the policy, (3) the non?resident
student applicant fails to actually be enrolled in a school or program in the school district on
or before October 1 of the school year in which admission is sought, (4) the school district
lacks space or teaching staff wi?iin the program or school in which the student seeks to be
enrolled, or (5) there exists any other reason permitted by law or applicable Board policy to
deny enrollment.

2. Determination of Available Space and Teaching Staff. To determine whether the school
district has the space or teaching staff available in the program or school in which a non-
resident student seeks admission, the school district may consider any of its guidelines on
class size, the capacity of the room or building in which the non-resident student wishes to
enroll, the type of class or classes which the non-resident student would be attending, the
type of program or programs in which the non-resident student would be enrolled, existing
staff available in the program or school, and any other factor which may have a bearing on
the available space and teaching staff within the school or program in which the non-resident
student seeks enrollment. The school district will maintain a certain number of vacancies at
the beginning of each school year in each of its schools and programs in order to
accommodate student growth or turnover during the course of the year. In establishing the
number of vacancies a school or program will maintain for this purpose, the school district
shall consider the rate of turnover and growth in previous years and the projected rate of
turnover or growth in upcoming years.

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3. Priority of Admission. If there is insuf?cient Space for teaching staff to permit the
enrollment of all out-of-district applicants to a school or program, students shall be admitted
based on the following order of priority:

a. Students who are resident in the school district. Resident students will be admitted during
any time they are a resident in the school district, subject only to the provisions of state
and federal law and school district policy. (Students who are dependents of school district
employees and who are not residents of the school district will be considered as in?district
students.)

b. Non-resident students already attending Aspen School District (length of consecutive
years).

c. Non-resident students attending the Aspen Community School.

d. Non-resident students who have one or more siblings already attending Aspen School
District.

e. Additional vacancies will be ?lled by lottery for new nonresident students on the waiting
list.

In the event new students seek to enroll in any of the foregoing priority groups than there are
openings in a school or program because of lack of space or teaching staff, the school district
shall enroll students in that priority group based on the order in which their applications for
admission were received by the school district.

4. Reduction in Student Enrollinent. It is the goal of the Aspen School District to assure that
every out-of-district student, once enrolled in our district, will be able to remain in our
district throughout their school career unless we exceed our de?ned capacity. It is
understood that once a student begins the school year they will be allowed to ?nish the
school year. In the unlikely event that a ?rollback? of enrollment had to occur for the next
school year, students will be assigned priority based on the following:

a. Length of time in district (number of years, enrollment date)

b. One or more siblings enrolled in the district.

c. If the factors listed above are equal and there are additional enrollment spots that must be
eliminated, or awarded, a lottery will occur to determine admittance.

5. Application for Admission. All applications for admission by students not resident in the
school district must be received by the building administrator of the school in which
enrollment is sought on or before July 1 in the year in which the non-resident student seeks to
enroll. Applications must be made on the form established by the school district, and such
application forms may be obtained ?'om building secretaries or ?'om the central
administration of?ces. At the time of a non-resident student's application for admission, the
school district may require the non-resident student to produce copies of his or her records
?-om his or her previous school. An application for admission by a non-resident student will
not be considered if it is not complete or submitted on or before the date set froth in this
paragraph. A non-resident student must submit an application for admission as provided in
this policy for each school year in which the non-resident student seeks to attend school in
the school district.

6. Time of Enrollment. No non?resident student shall be enrolled in the school district after
October 1 of the year in which application is sought.

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7. Students with Disabilities. The school district may require the student district of residence
of a non-resident student with disabilities to pay tuition on behalf of such student with
disabilities as provided by state law. The amount of such tuition shall be set forth in a
contract between the Aspen School District No. 1 (RE) and the school district of resident, a
copy of which shall be furnished to the parent(s) or guardians(s) of the non-resident student
with disabilities. Nothing in this policy shall be construed to require the school district to
create a new program in a school or to take any other action except as required by law.

8. Students Not Resident in Colorado. In addition to the reasons set forth in this policy for the
denial of admission of non?resident Colorado students, non-resident students who are not
residents of the State of Colorado may be denied admission for the following reasons:

A poor attendance record at schools previously attended.

A poor disciplinary record at schools previously attended.

A poor academic record at schools previously attended.

A poor attitude toward school.

Any other reason or factor which in the judgment of the school district may affect the
student's attendance or performance as a student in the school district and/or the
educational environment in the school district.

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If a student not a resident in the State of Colorado is admitted to the school district, continued
attendance by the student in the school district shall be subject to the same criteria which
governs admission of that student. The school district may, from time to time, establish a
tuition schedule for students who are not resident in the State of Colorado.

9. Evidence of Residency. The school district may at any time demand evidence of a student?s
residence. The school district shall have the sole discretion to determine what evidence of
residency is suf?cient, in accordance with state law. Residency is de?ned by Aspen School
District as living 100% of the time at the submitted address during the school calendar year.

If any nonresident student or the parents of any nonresident student deliberately misrepresent
residency information for the purpose of causing the school district to believe the student is a
resident of the school district, that student may be withdrawn by the school district based on
such misrepresentation. The student may be immediately withdrawn by the school district
upon discovery of information showing the student has or the student's parent(s) or legal
guardian(s) have misrepresented the student's residency. All withdrawals under this
paragraph shall be conducted pursuant to school district policies and procedures as those for
student suspension and expulsion inasmuch as the same section of the law governs these
areas. Any student withdrawn pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, may apply to be
admitted to the school district as a nonresident student as provided in this policy. However,
notwithstanding any other provision in this policy any student who applies for admission
after the student has been withdrawn, as provided in this paragraph, shall not be entitled to
claim any of the priorities set forth in paragraphs 3. Priority of Admission of this policy.

10. Transportation. Nothing in this policy shall be construed to require the school district to
provide transportation to non-resident students or to take any other action in regard to the
school district program and staff to accommodate a non-resident student or students unless
such transportation or other action is required by law. Students admitted under this policy
may board school district buses at regularly scheduled stops within the school if written
permission is ?rst obtained from the building administrator of the school the student is

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attending.

Nondiscrimination

The Board, the superintendent, other administrators and district employees shall not unlawfully

iscriminate based on a student?s race, color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, sex,
sexual orientation, marital status, disability or need for special education services in the
determination or recommendation of action under this policy.

Adopted: January 23, 1995
Revised: April 27, 1998
Revised: October 18, 2000
Revised: January 8, 2003
Revised: February 9, 2004
Revised: March 15, 2004
Revised: August 10, 2012
Revised: February 1, 2014
Revised: May 19, 2015
LEGAL REFS.:

C.R.S. 224-102 (de?nes "resident")

C.R.S. 22-1-102.5 (de?nes "homeless child")

C.R.S. 22-1-115 (school age is any age over ?ve and under twenty-one years)

C.R.S. 22?2-409 (noti?cation of risk)

C.R.S. (Board duty to adopt policies requiring enrollment decisions to be
made in a nondiscriminatory manner)

C.R.S. 22-32-115 (tuition to another school district)

C.R.S. 22?32?1 16 (non-resident students)

C.R.S. 22-32-1 38 (enrollment of students in out-of-home placements)

C.R.S. 22-33-103 through 22?33-1 10 (school attendance law)

C.R.S. (requiring hearing to be convened if requested within 10 days after
denial of admission or expulsion)

CROSS REFS.:

EB, Entrance Age Requirements
Suspension/Expulsion of Students
JLCB, Immunization of Students

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