2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 79-237 — Attendance; application; cancellation; forms.

Section 79-237
Attendance; application; cancellation; forms.
Section 79-237

(1) For a student to attend school in an option school district, the student's parent or legal guardian shall submit an application to the school board of the option school district between September 1 and March 15 for enrollment during the following and subsequent school years. Applications submitted after March 15 shall be accompanied by a written release from the resident school district. The option school district shall provide the resident school district with the name of the applicant on or before April 1. The option school district shall notify, in writing, the parent or legal guardian of the student and the resident school district, and the State Department of Education whether the application is accepted or rejected on or before April 1.

(2) Applications for students who do not actually attend the option school district may be withdrawn in good standing upon mutual agreement by both the resident and option school districts.

(3) No option student shall attend an option school district for less than one school year unless the student relocates to a different resident school district, completes requirements for graduation prior to the end of his or her senior year, transfers to a private or parochial school, or upon mutual agreement of the resident and option school districts cancels the enrollment option and returns to the resident school district.

(4) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the option student shall attend the option school district until graduation unless the student relocates in a different resident school district, transfers to a private or parochial school, or chooses to return to the resident school district.

(5) In each case of cancellation pursuant to subsections (3) and (4) of this section, the student's parent or legal guardian shall notify the school board of the option school district and the resident school district and the department by March 15 for automatic approval for the following school year.

(6) The application and cancellation forms shall be prescribed and furnished by the State Department of Education.

(7) An option student who subsequently chooses to attend a private or parochial school shall be automatically accepted to return to either the resident school district or option school district upon the completion of the grade levels offered at the private or parochial school. If such student chooses to return to the option school district, the student's parent or legal guardian shall submit another application to the school board of the option school district which shall be automatically accepted, and the deadlines prescribed in this section shall be waived.

Source:

Laws 1989, LB 183, § 6

Laws 1990, LB 843, § 7

Laws 1993, LB 348, § 66

Laws 1993, LB 838, § 1

R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-3406

Laws 1996, LB 900, § 41

Laws 2001, LB 797, § 6

Laws 2006, LB 1024, § 19.

~ Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2006