Students who are eligible to attend an Iowa public school but who are not legal residents of the school district may be admitted into the school district at the discretion of the superintendent upon application and payment of tuition. The tuition rate shall be the current per-pupil cost of the school district as computed by the board secretary and as authorized by the Iowa Department of Education.
Resident students whose families move from the school district after the start of a semester and who wish to complete the semester in the school district may be permitted to attend without the payment of tuition at the discretion of the superintendent and approval of the board by completing an open enrollment application.
Nonresident students who wish to open enroll must do so by the established deadlines. Grades 1 - 12 by March 1st of the year prior to enrollment. Kindergarten students by September 1. The guidelines established by the Iowa Department of Education will be followed.
Students in grades eleven or twelve who are no longer residents of the school district, but were residents in the preceding school year, may continue to attend school until they graduate without the payment of tuition. These students do not have to file for open enrollment.
Nonresident students who are eligible to attend an Iowa public school and who have evidence they will become legal residents of the school district prior to the third Friday in September may be allowed to attend without the payment of tuition.
Legal Reference: Lakota Cons. Ind. School v. Buffalo Center-Rake Comm. School, 334
N.W.2d 704 (Iowa 1983). Mt. Hope School Dist. v. Hendrickson, 197
N.W. 47 (Iowa 1924). Oshel v. Creston Comm. School Dist., DPI
Admin. Doc. 570 (1981). Iowa Code §§ 257.6; 282.1, .2, .6, .7, .24 (2005).
Cross Reference: 501 Student Attendance
Approved Mar 12, 2007
Reviewed November 15, 2021
Revised November 15, 2021