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Causes for Denial
- A regular open enrollment request
is filed after March 1 and does not qualify under the good
cause provisions.
- A request for an entering kindergarten
student is filed after September 1.
- A good
cause request is filed after September 1.
- A request for continuation is filed after
September 1.
A student who has been expelled or is under suspension is
not eligible to apply for open enrollment until the student
has been reinstated in the resident district. If the student
is expelled after the resident district has approved the open
enrollment request and before the receiving district has acted,
the receiving district may deny the request until the student
is reinstated for attendance in the resident district.
All appeals must be made in writing to an Iowa District Court
in the county in which the primary business office of the
district is located unless the application for open enrollment
claims harassment or if the child has a serious health condition
that the resident district cannot adequately address. If the
application is denied by the resident district for either
of these reasons, the parent/guardian may appeal to the State
Board of Education. All appeals must be postmarked within
30 days of the board decision.
The appeal letter must contain the following
information:
- Name, address, and daytime phone number
of the person appealing.
- Name and grade level of child/children
involved in the appeal.
- Name of the school district making the
board decision that is being appealed.
- Date the local board decision was made.
Brief statement of reasons why the decision is being appealed.
- Notarized signature of the person appealing
the decision.
- Other information may be included if
desired.
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Learning Resource Center
3550 Mills Civic Parkway
West Des Moines, IA
50265-5556
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