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Title I, Section
1111 (h)(4)(F); (h)(4)
Section 1116 (b) (1) E & F; (5)(A); (7)(C) (i); (b)(5)(B); (b)(7);
(b)(8)
Regulations: Primary Citation 222.44
Other Citations: Section 200.32 and 200.33; 200.43
200.37; 200.39; 200.43; 200.44
Non-Regulatory Guidance: February 6, 2004
Public
School Transfer Provisions
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districts are required to provide ALL parents the opportunity
of transferring their children to another public school if: |
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Their
current school, funded with Title I money, has been identified
for school improvement, corrective action, or restructuring;
or |
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The
State has identified their school as persistently dangerous
or if their child has been a victim of violent crime on school
property. |
| Public
School Transfer Elements Include: |
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Timely
notice given by the school district to parents that they are
eligible for the transfer option; |
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Lowest-achieving
low-income children are to be given priority; |
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Transportation
to the new school provided by the school district through Title
I dollars, although district dollars can also be used to supplement
the effort; |
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The
school district must make choice options available to parents
not later than the first day of the school year following the
school year in which the school district administered the assessments
that resulted in the school being identified as needing improvement,
corrective action or restructuring. That means that a district
should provide information to parents about their choice options
well before the beginning of the school year. |
| Beginning
with the 2002-2003 school year, school districts are required
to offer choice to students enrolled in schools in the following
categories: |
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Schools
that are in their first year of school improvement |
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Schools
that are in the second year of improvement |
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Schools
that are in corrective action |
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Schools
that are in restructuring (both planning year for restructuring
and any implementation years) |
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