FILE:  JBCD

Cf:  JBA, JBCC

 

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 attendance zone of residence may apply for transfer when circumstances warrant.  All transfer requests must be in writing and submitted to the Sabine Parish School Board Office by May 1 of each school year.  All transfers shall remain valid only until the end of the school year for which they were granted.  Transfers based on provisional custody requirements shall be dependent on proof of renewal of such custody being presented to school officials each year, as provided by law.  New enrollees may submit a transfer request during the school year at the time of their initial enrollment in Sabine Parish.

 

Each request should include the reason(s) for the transfer as well as other pertinent information that the School Board may require.  A committee, consisting of the Superintendent, the Supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance, shall consider for approval each request for student transfer to determine if such transfer is in the best interests of the student and the school system.  No school shall accept a student not residing in that school's attendance zone unless the student has an approved transfer request on file.  Bus operators shall not transport any students who have not been assigned to their buses by their respective principals.  Any decision made by the committee regarding the transfer of a student shall be final and may not be appealed to the School Board.

 

Factors that may be considered in granting the transfer of a student from one school to another may include such items as:

 

  1. Racial percentage of each school involved,

  2. Available room and teacher capacity,

  3. Health or safety of the student,

  4. Academic course offerings,

  5. Athletic programs sanctioned by the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA).

 

Any student transferring into Sabine Parish who will not be residing with their parent(s)/legal guardian shall be required to present a court order attesting legal custody of the student or proper provisional custody by the individual(s) requesting the transfer.  Said court order documentation or provisional custody documentation shall be submitted prior to the student becoming eligible to enroll in any school of the parish.

 

Hardship Transfers

 

Transfers may be approved for reasons classified to be hardships when the Superintendent determines it to be in the best interest of the student under the following conditions:

 

  1. Child Care

    A parent or legal guardian of a child who will be in the sixth grade or below may request permission for the child to attend school out of zone due to child care needs.  Requests will be considered based on the merits of the individual case.  Transportation to an out-of-zone school for child care purposes shall be solely the responsibility of the parent or legal guardian.

 

  1. Administrative Transfer

    The school system may transfer a student from his/her home school to another school within Sabine Parish when evaluation and/or examination by the transfer committee deems it is the proper educational climate for this particular student.  An evaluation by the appropriate medical and/or educational authority must accompany any transfer request initiated by a parent under this category.

 

  1. Employees

    All school system employees have an option of placing their children in schools in their home districts or enrolling them in the school of their employment.

 

Regulations

 

The Sabine Parish School Board has established the following rules for the purpose of enforcing these provisions:

 

  1. If a student is granted a transfer and the Application for Transfer is found to contain incorrect information, the transfer may be declared void and the student immediately returned to the home attendance zone or sending school, based upon the review and approval of the Superintendent.

  2. If a student is granted a transfer for an athletic or academic program and the student does not enroll, participate, and complete the sport or program, the student shall be returned to the school in his/her attendance zone at the end of the current grading period.

  3. If a student is granted a transfer because of "child care" and the parent/guardian becomes unemployed or changes job, the central office must be immediately notified of the change in status.  Failure to notify the central office will void the student transfer. Once the parent/guardian notifies the central office of unemployment status, the student shall be returned to the school in his/her attendance zone at the end of the current grading period.

  4. Students receiving a transfer shall be required to provide their own transportation to the receiving school.

  5. Transfers may be made based on the merit of each transfer request.  Siblings may be placed in different attendance zones. 

  6. School employee is defined as a full time employee hired by the Sabine Parish School Board.

  7. No principal shall accept and/or enroll a student not residing in the school attendance zone unless the student has an approved transfer on file.

  8. A student who does not live with a parent/legal guardian shall be required to present a court order attesting legal custody.

  9. To be residence, the family must reside in the attendance zone Monday night through Thursday night.

  10. Each approved student transfer shall be valid for the school year only.  Application for student transfer must be made each year.

  11. Once the transfer of a student has been approved, the student shall be required to attend that school for the remainder of the school year, with limited exceptions as noted in this policy.  However, the Superintendent shall have the authority to return a student to his/her former school when circumstances so warrant.

  12. The school principal is responsible for ensuring student transfer compliance. 

 

The Sabine Parish School Board shall consider violations of this policy and associated regulations to be a serious breach of the duties for employment.

 

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 the School Board.  Such withdrawal must be in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the School Board.

 

Revised:  October, 1996

Revised:  February 2, 2009

Revised:  August, 2001

Revised:  October 5, 2009

Readopted:  October, 2006

Revised:  September 20, 2010

Revised:  December 15, 2008

Revised:  May 21, 2012

 

 

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, 8-10-93, 10-3-06, 9-8-08, 12-15-08, 2-2-09, 10-5-09, 9-20-10, 5-21-12

 

Sabine Parish School Board