2006 Utah Code - 53A-2-208 — Rules for acceptance and rejection of applications.

     53A-2-208.   Rules for acceptance and rejection of applications.
     (1) A local school board shall adopt rules governing acceptance and rejection of applications required under Section 53A-2-207.
     (2) Standards may include:
     (a) the capacity of the program, class, grade level, or school building;
     (b) maintenance of heterogeneous student populations if necessary to avoid violation of constitutional or statutory rights of students;
     (c) not offering a program the student requires; and
     (d) willingness of prospective students to comply with district policies.
     (3) (a) Standards may not include previous academic achievement, athletic or other extracurricular ability, the fact that the student requires special education services for which space is available, proficiency in the English language, or previous disciplinary proceedings, except as provided in Subsection (b).
     (b) A board may provide for the denial of applications from students who have committed serious infractions of the law or school rules, including rules of the district in which enrollment is sought, or have been guilty of chronic misbehavior which would, if it were to continue after the student was admitted, endanger persons, or property, cause serious disruptions in the school, or place unreasonable burdens on school staff.
     (c) A board may also provide for provisional enrollment of students with prior behavior problems, establishing conditions under which enrollment of a nonresident student would be permitted or continued.
     (4) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Utah High School Activities Association, shall establish policies regarding nonresident student participation in interscholastic competition.

Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 119, 1993 General Session