5.0200 ADMISSIONS AND ATTENDANCE
5.0210 ADMISSIONS AND ATTENDANCE: ELIGIBILITY AND ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
5.0210.01 AGE REQUIREMENT Issue Date: 5/8/97
Each child between the ages of six (6) and eighteen (18) is obligated to attend school. It is the responsibility of the parent(s) or legal guardian to send such children to school unless an exemption is issued by the Board of Education in accordance with the Compulsory Attendance Act (53-24-1) . This includes equivalent instruction at home. If problems arise, parents must cooperate with school officials and appropriate community agencies in seeking solutions, or be subject to criminal penalties . (53-24-3; 78-3a-2(17) (c); 78-3a-19) The District must make earnest and persistent efforts to reconcile attendance problems, involving school personnel, parents and community agencies such as DFS and the Juvenile Court (53-24-1.5).
5.0210.02 ADMISSION TO SCHOOL Issue Date: 5/8/97
A student must be five (5) years of age on or before September 1 to attend kindergarten. Students who attended kindergarten in another state and transfer to Duchesne County may be admitted only if their birthday complies with this rule. A child may be enrolled in the first grade if the child is at least six (6) years of age on or before September 1 of the current school year or has been enrolled in the first grade, or completed kindergarten in the public schools of another state prior to transferring to the District. A child may be assigned to a grade other than that which would normally be assigned on the basis of age at the discretion of the District and with the consent of the child’s parent/guardian.
5.0210.03 GENERAL ELIGIBILITY—PARENTS RESIDE IN-STATE Issue Date: 5/8/97
The Board shall admit into the free public schools of the District all minor children who are between the ages of five (5) and eighteen (18) years on September 1 of the school year in which admission is sought if the child’s parent or legal guardian resides or is domiciled in the state, provided that the following conditions exist: 1. The child’s parent or legal guardian resides in the District at the time of application for admission regardless of whether the child lives with the parent or legal guardian. 2. The child resides in the District while in the custody or under the supervision of a Utah state agency. 3. The child resides in the District while under the supervision of a private or public agency authorized to provide child placement services by the state of Utah.
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