Representative Julie Fisher
proposes the following amendments:
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(10) (a)
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Except as provided in Subsection (10)(c), a
student who transfers between
schools, whether effective on the first day of
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the school year or after the school year has begun, by exercising an open enrollment option
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under this section may not transfer to a different school during the same school year by
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exercising an open enrollment option under this section.
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(b) The restriction on transfers specified in Subsection (10)(a) does not apply to a
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student transfer made for health or safety reasons.
(c) A local school board may adopt a policy allowing a student to exercise an open enrollment
option more than once in a school year.
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(2) Standards for accepting or rejecting an application for enrollment may include:
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(a) for an elementary school, the capacity of the [program, class,] grade level[, or
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school building];
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(b) maintenance of heterogeneous student populations if necessary to avoid violation of
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constitutional or statutory rights of students;
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(c) not offering
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, or having capacity in, an elementary or secondary special education or
other special
program the student requires; [and]
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(4)
(a)
The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Utah High School Activities
(b) Nonresident students shall be eligible for extracurricular activities at a public school consistent
with eligibility standards as applied to students that reside within the school attendance area, except as
provided by policies established under Subsection (4)(a).
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(5) For each school in the district, the local school board shall post on the school
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district's website:
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(a) the school's maximum capacity;
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(b) the school's adjusted capacity;
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(c) the school's projected enrollment used in the calculation of the open enrollment
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threshold;
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(d) actual enrollment
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for each semester
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on October 1, January 2, and April 1
;
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} (ii) In granting interdistrict and intradistrict transfers to a particular school, the local
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school board shall take into consideration the fact that an applicant's brother or sister is
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attending the school or another school within the district.