Admission
All persons age six and under 21 who have not graduated from high school or received any document evidencing completion of the equivalent of a secondary curriculum, and reside within the boundaries of this school district may be permitted to attend public schools without payment of tuition.
A birth certificate or other proof of legal age, as well as proof of residence, will be required by the school administration.
Students new to the district will be enrolled conditionally until records, including discipline records, from the schools previously attended by the student are received by the district. Notice of the conditional enrollment status of new students will be clearly indicated on all new student enrollment forms. In the event the student’s records indicate a reason to deny admission, the student’s conditional enrollment status shall be revoked. The student’s parent/guardian will be provided with written notice of the denial of admission. The notice will inform the parent/guardian of the right to request a hearing.
Denial of Admission
The district or the superintendent may deny admission a student to the schools of the district in accordance with applicable law.
The district will provide due process of law to students and parents/guardians through written procedures consistent with law for denial of admission to a student.
The policy and procedures for denial of admission will be the same as those for student suspension and expulsion inasmuch as the same section of the law governs these areas.
Nondiscrimination
The district, the superintendent, other administrators, and district employees will not unlawfully discriminate based on a student’s disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, family composition, national origin, religion, ancestry, or need for special education services in the determination or recommendation of action under this policy.
For more information on the district’s nondiscrimination policy, please contact the compliance officer or Title IX coordinator, identified in AC-E1.
Adopted: Prior to January 2018
Revised: January 2018
Revised: September 2020
Revised: October 2021
Revised: June 2022
Revised: July 2024
Revised: February 2025
LEGAL REFS.: C.R.S. 22-1-102 (defines “resident”)
C.R.S. 22-1-102.5 (defines “homeless child”)
C.R.S. 22-1-115 (school age is any age over five and under twenty-one years)
C.R.S. 22-2-409 (notification of risk)
C.R.S. 22-32-109 (1)(ll) (Board duty to adopt policies requiring enrollment decisions to be made in a nondiscriminatory manner)
C.R.S. 22-32-110 (1)(k) (definition of racial or ethnic background includes hair texture, definition of protective hairstyle)
C.R.S. 22-32-115 (tuition to another school district)
C.R.S. 22-32-116 (non-resident students)
C.R.S. 22-32-138 (enrollment of students in out-of-home placements)
C.R.S. 22-33-103 through 22-33-110 (school attendance law)
C.R.S. 22-33-105 (2)(c) (requiring hearing to be convened if requested within 10 days after denial of admission or expulsion)
CROSS REFS.: AC-E-1, Nondiscrimination/Equal Opportunity (Notice)
JEB, Entrance Age Requirements
JKD/JKE, Suspension/Expulsion of Students (and Other Disciplinary Interventions)
JLCB, Immunization of Students
Lake County School District R-1, Leadville, Colorado