Whenever a student seeks to enroll in the River Valley School District, the District Administrator or building principal, prior to the student’s admission or enrollment, shall inquire as to whether or not the student is currently under expulsion from another District. The District Administrator or Principal shall contact the student’s prior school district to obtain the following information:
1. Whether or not the student is currently expelled from the school district.
2. Whether the student was expelled from a previously attended school district and, if so, whether the term of the student’s expulsion is still in effect or has lapsed.
3. If the student is currently under expulsion from a previously attended school district, the District Administrator or Principal, as the designee of the School Board, shall also obtain the written findings and order of expulsion, a written explanation of the reasons for which the student was expelled and the length of the term of the expulsion.
Upon receipt of the foregoing information, the District Administrator will contact the School Board President who will cause, as soon as practicable, the issue of whether to enroll the student to be brought before the Board. No student who is under expulsion from another school district at the time he or she seeks to enroll in the River Valley School District will be admitted to enroll in the School District unless the Board determines by majority vote to admit the student or the District is otherwise required by law to provide educational services to the student.
The School Board shall have exclusive discretion to determine, on a case by case basis, whether or not to admit a student currently under expulsion from a previously attended school district except as otherwise may be required by law. In making its determination as to whether or not to permit the student to enroll, the Board may consider the written information submitted pertaining to the expulsion, the recommendations of the District Administrator, building principal or other staff, the advice of legal counsel or such other information it deems relevant. The Board may also consider whether or not the behavior for which the student was expelled from the previously attended school district would result in expulsion if such behavior occurred at the River Valley School District. The Board shall make its decision as soon as practicable after a request for admission is made.
REF: Wisconsin Statute Section 120.13(1)(f)
APPROVED: January 8, 1998
12/21/2004 pw