Highland Park ISD-Dallas County
057911
ADMISSIONS
INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS

FDA
(LOCAL)

[Note: For definitions applying to this policy, see FDA(REGULATION).]
No Interdistrict
Transfers
Definitions

Non-resident students shall not be permitted to attend District
schools except as provided below.
The following definitions shall apply to this policy.
A person “resides” in the District if the true, primary, physical place
where the person lives with the intent to remain for a considerable
amount of time is within the boundaries of the District. A person’s
residence is the fixed, permanent, and principal place of habitation
that is the center of the person’s domestic, social, and civic life. A
person can reside in only one place at a time.
A “resident student” means a student who is eligible to attend District schools because the student or a parent of the student resides
in the District.
A “non-resident student” means a student who does not reside in
the District and neither of the student’s parents resides in the District.
The term “residence” means the student’s residence or the residence of a parent of the student, whichever residence is the basis
for the student’s eligibility to attend a District school.
A “proposed resident” means a student or the parent of a student,
as applicable in a specific situation.

Exceptions

Resident students who become non-residents during the course of
a grading period shall be permitted to continue in attendance for
the remainder of the grading period. Resident students in grade 12
who become non-residents during the course of the senior year
shall be permitted to continue in attendance for the remainder of
the school year, in accordance with the procedures and requirements in FDA(REGULATION).
If a resident student temporarily becomes a non-resident student
because of the renovation or construction of a residence within the
District, he or she shall be permitted to continue in attendance at
the student’s school tuition-free for the remainder of the school
year, in accordance with the procedures and requirements in FDA
(REGULATION).
Under limited circumstances, a non-resident student who is in the
process of becoming a resident student shall be permitted to enroll
in a District school in accordance with the procedures and requirements in FDA(REGULATION).

DATE REVISED: 5/8/2018
LDU
FDA(LOCAL)-X

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 Highland Park ISD-Dallas County
057911
ADMISSIONS
INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS

FDA
(LOCAL)

A non-resident full-time professional contract employee may request that his or her child be admitted into District schools by filing
an application with the Superintendent or designee. Transfers shall
be granted for one regular school year at a time, on a tuition-free
basis.
If a non-resident full-time professional contract employee separates from employment with the District during the school year, his
or her children shall be permitted to continue in attendance in the
same manner as noted above for a resident student who becomes
a non-resident.
Factors

In approving transfers, the Superintendent or designee shall consider availability of space and instructional staff, the student’s disciplinary history, and attendance records.
Approval of a student’s transfer request for one year shall in no
way imply that approval in subsequent years or for siblings or
members of the same family will be automatically granted.

Transfer
Agreements

Tuition

A transfer student shall be notified in the written transfer agreement
that he or she must follow all rules and regulations of the District.
Violation of the terms of the agreement may result in a transfer request not being approved the following year.
If the District charges tuition, the amount shall be set by the Board,
within statutory limits.

Waivers

The Board may waive tuition for a student based on financial hardship upon written application by the student, parent, or guardian.
[See FP]

Nonpayment

The District may withdraw students whose tuition payments are delinquent.

Appeals

Any appeals shall be made in accordance with FNG(LOCAL) and
GF(LOCAL), as appropriate.

DATE REVISED: 5/8/2018
LDU
FDA(LOCAL)-X

ADOPTED:

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