FILE:  JBC

Cf:  JBCBB, JDE, JGCB

 

SCHOOL ADMISSION

 

 

The Ascension Parish School Board shall admit students to the schools of the school district once the student has been registered for school by the parent or legal guardian, under such rules and regulations as the Board may prescribe.

 

No student may be excluded from the appropriate school within the school district except by due process or failure to meet specifications of Board policies.  The Board fully recognizes that providing equality of educational opportunities for all children requires objectivity.  The Board is equally concerned that all admission policies adhere strictly to applicable legal requirements.

 

No child shall be admitted to school for the first time until his/her parents do the following:

 

  1. Present to school officials an official birth certificate.  A short-form birth certification card shall be acceptable.  Only records from the local or state registrar of vital statistics shall be accepted for children born in Louisiana, except as otherwise provided herein.  Children born in Louisiana will be given a fifteen (15) day grace period to secure a copy of their birth record.  Children born out of this state will be given thirty (30) days grace in which to produce a copy of their birth record.  In cases where birth certificates and/or birth verification forms cannot be obtained, the school principal may accept whatever positive proof of age, race and parentage is available.  It shall be left to the discretion of the Superintendent or designee as to whether or not a child shall continue in school upon failure to comply herewith.
     

  2. Present to school officials evidence of being or having been immunized against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis and measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases according to a schedule approved by the Office of Public Health, Department of Health and Hospitals.
     

  3. Present to school officials an official Social Security card.  If no Social Security card is available, the student shall be assigned a state identification number.
     

  4. Present to school officials all official school records of school previously attended or information needed to access such records when transferring from another school to one inside the School District, including necessary authorization to obtain and/or access any and all records of the enrolling student. 
     

  5. Present to school officials as a prerequisite to enrolling in the first grade, evidence of having attended at least a full-day public or private kindergarten for a full school year; or satisfactorily passed academic readiness screening administered by the school system prior to the time of enrollment in first grade.
     

  6. Present to school officials evidence of being bona fide residents of the school district, with limited exception.  However, children temporarily residing within the jurisdiction of the Board who have no permanent address, who have been abandoned by their parents, or who are in foster care shall be admitted to school, except as may be allowed by statute.
     

  7. Present to school officials satisfactory evidence that at least one of the child's parents or guardians has completed a parent orientation course conducted by the School District.  However, no child shall be denied entry into school because of parent or guardian has not attended an orientation session.

 

ADMISSION OF EXPELLED STUDENTS

 

No student who has been expelled in accordance with state law from any school in the state shall be admitted to any school in the school system except upon the review and approval of the School Board.

 

No student who has been expelled from any school outside the state of Louisiana or any nonpublic school within Louisiana for committing any of the offenses enumerated in state law shall be admitted to any school in the school system except upon the review and approval of the governing body of the admitting school.

 

ADMISSION OF STUDENTS WHO COMMIT A FELONY

 

The conviction of any student of a felony or the incarceration of any student in a juvenile institution for an act, whether committed in Louisiana or any other state or country, which had it been committed by an adult would have constituted a felony in Louisiana, may be sufficient cause for the Superintendent to refuse admission of the student to any school in the school district, except upon review and approval of a majority of the elected members of the School Board when a request for admission has been made to the Board.

 

ADMISSION OF HOMELESS STUDENTS

 

Except as provided above with regard to students who have been expelled, no provision in this or any other Ascension Parish School Board policy shall be interpreted to impede the immediate or continued enrollment of homeless youth, as addressed in policy JBCBB, Homeless Students.

 

Revised:  November, 1993

Revised:  March, 2003

Revised:  December, 1995

Revised:  April, 2008

Revised:  December, 1997

Adopted:  June 17, 2008

Revised:  August, 2000

 

 

 

Ref:     42 USC 11431 (Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act)

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:151.3, 17:167, 17:221, 17:221.2, 17:222, 17:235.1, 17:238, 17:416

Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District, 419 F. 2d 1211 (5th Cir., 1970)

Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators, Bulletin 741, Louisiana Department of Education

Board minutes, 8-5-03, 6-17-08

 

Ascension Parish School Board