5111(a)

 

 

 

Students

 

Admission/Placement

 

 

Admission

 

District schools shall be open to all children five years of age and over who reach age five on or before the first day of January of any school year.  Each such child shall have, and shall be so advised by the appropriate school authorities, an equal opportunity to participate in the program and activities of the school system without discrimination on account of race, color, sex, religion, national origin or sexual orientation.  Exceptions from routine admission may be made by the school Principal on the basis of supporting evidence from physical and psychological examinations.

 

Parents and those who have the care of children age five to eighteen years of age inclusive are obligated by Connecticut law to require their children to attend public day school or its equivalent in the district in which such child resides, unless the parent or person having control of such child is able to show that the child is elsewhere receiving equivalent instruction in the studies taught in the public schools.  The parent or person having legal guardianship of a child sixteen or seventeen years of age must consent to such child’s withdrawal from school.  The parent or person shall exercise this option by personally appearing at the school district office to sign a withdrawal form.  The district shall provide the parent or person with information on the educational opportunities available in the school system and in the community.   If a child is eighteen years of age or older, he/she is not required to attend school.

 

The parent or person having legal guardianship of a child five years of age shall have the option of not sending the child to school until the child is six years of age by December 31st of any school year.  The parent or person having legal guardianship of a child six years of age shall have the option of not sending the child to school until the child is seven years of age by December 31st of any school year.

 

The parent or person having legal guardianship shall exercise such option by personally appearing at the school district office and signing an option form.  The district shall provide the parent or person having legal guardianship with information on the educational opportunities available in the school system.

 

Each child entering the district schools for the first time must present a birth certificate or offer legal evidence of birth data, as well as proof of a recent physical examination and required immunizations.  If the parents or guardians of any children are unable to pay for such immunizations, the expense of such immunizations shall, upon the recommendation of the Board be paid by the Town.  Proof of domicile may also be requested by the building Principal.

 

Children who have attained the age of seventeen and who have voluntarily terminated enrollment in the district’s schools and subsequently seek readmission may be denied readmission for up to ninety school days from the date of such termination.

 

 

5111(b)

 

 

 

Students

 

Admission/Placement

 

 

Provisions for Special Education

 

According to Connecticut General Statutes 1-76d(b2), special education will be provided for children who have attained the age of three and who have been identified as being in need of special education, and whose educational potential will be irreparably diminished without special education.  If a special education student is being considered for an exception, the Planning and Placement Team (PPT) will make a recommendation to the administrator in charge of special education.

 

Alternative School Placement

 

Children who have attained the age of nineteen or older may be placed in an alternative school program or other suitable educational program if they cannot acquire a sufficient number of credits for graduation by age twenty-one.

 

(cf. 0521 - Nondiscrimination)

(cf. 5112 - Ages of Attendance)

(cf. 5141 - Student Health Services)

(cf. 6171 - Special Education)

(cf. 6146 - Graduation Requirements)

 

Legal Reference:           Connecticut General Statutes

                                    10-15 Towns to maintain schools

                                    10-15c Discrimination in public schools prohibited.  School attendance by five-year olds, as amended by PA 97-247

                                    10-76a - 10-76g re special education

                                    10-184 Duties of parents (re mandatory schooling for children ages five to sixteen, inclusive) - as amended by PA 98-243, and PA 00-157

                                    10-186 Duties of local and regional boards of education re school attendance. Hearings. Amended by PA 96-26, An Act Concerning Graduation Requirements and Placement of Older Students

                                    Appeals to state board.  Establishment of hearing board

                                    10-233a - 10-233f Inclusive; re:  suspend, expel, removal of pupils

                                    10-233c Suspension of pupils

                                    10-233d Expulsion of pupils

5111(c)

 

 

 

Students

 

Admission/Placement

 

Legal Reference  (continued)

 

                                    10-261 Definitions

                                    State Board of Education Regulations

                                    10-76a-1 General definitions (c) (d) (q) (t)

                                    10-76d-7 Admission of student requiring special education (referral)

                                    10-204a Required immunizations (as amended by PA 98-243)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Policy adopted: March 9, 2004                                   EAST HADDAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Revised:                       September 9, 2008                                                         Moodus, Connecticut

 

 

5111

Form

 

EAST HADDAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Moodus, Connecticut

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF OPTION TO EXEMPT ATTENDANCE

OF CHILD FIVE OR SIX YEARS OF AGE FROM SCHOOL

 

 

 

Pursuant to Section 10-184 of the Connecticut General Statutes

 

I,                                                                                  , of                                                                  ,

            Name of Parent, Guardian or Other                         Address

 

the parent, guardian or other person charged with the care of the following minor child

 

                                                                                    , of                                                   who was

                        Name of Child                                                            Address

 

born on                                                 do hereby choose not to send my child to public           Date

 

school during the                                   .

                                    School Year

 

 

Furthermore, before signing this form, a representative of the                                        

                                                                                                                        Name of District

 

school district met with me and provided me with information concerning the

 

educational opportunities and school accommodations available in the school system.

 

                                                                                    ACKNOWLEDGED BY:

                                                                       

                                                                                    Signature of Parent, Guardian or Other

 

                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                    Date