7:30 Student Assignment and Intra-District Transfer

Attendance Areas

The School District is divided into school attendance areas. The Superintendent will:

1.        Review the boundary lines annually and recommend to the School Board any changes or revisions for existing units; or

2.       Create new units using a lens that considers preventing segregation and the elimination of separating students in the District’s schools because of color, race, or nationality.

The Superintendent or designee shall maintain a map of the District showing current school attendance areas. All records pertaining to the creation, alteration, or revision of attendance units are open to the public. Students living in a given school attendance area will be assigned to that school. Homeless children shall be assigned according to policy 6:140, Education of Homeless Children.

Transfers Within the District

A student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) may request a transfer for their child to a District school other than the one assigned. A request should be directed to the Superintendent, who, at his or her sole discretion, may grant the request when the parent(s)/guardian(s) demonstrate that the student could be better accommodated at another school, provided space is available. If a request is granted, the parent/guardian shall be responsible for transportation. The provisions in this section have no applicability to transfers pursuant to the Unsafe School Choice Option covered in Board policy 4:170, Safety.

Class Assignments

The Superintendent or designee shall assign students to classes.

LEGAL REF.:  105 ILCS 5/10-21.3, 5/10-21.3a, and 5/10-22.5.

CROSS REF.:  4:170 (Safety), 6:30 (Organization of Instruction), 6:140 (Education of Homeless Children)

Last PRESS Update: November 2021

First Read: June 8, 2022

Adopted: June 22, 2022