(1)Expelled students and
any at-risk students otherwise eligible to attend sixth through ninth grades and
under seventeen years of age may voluntarily apply to any pilot school. No student
shall be compelled to attend a pilot school. Each pilot school shall devise its own
application and admission procedures. An application shall, at a minimum, include:
(a)The name, address, gender, race, ethnicity, and age of the student;
(b)If the student was expelled, the reasons for the expulsion, the date of the
expulsion, and the disciplinary record of the student;
(c)Whether the student is applying to be a full-time residential student;
(d)A statement from the student explaining why he or she would benefit
from the pilot school program;
(e)Academic records for the prior three years,
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(1) Expelled students and
any at-risk students otherwise eligible to attend sixth through ninth grades and
under seventeen years of age may voluntarily apply to any pilot school. No student
shall be compelled to attend a pilot school. Each pilot school shall devise its own
application and admission procedures. An application shall, at a minimum, include:
(a) The name, address, gender, race, ethnicity, and age of the student;
(b) If the student was expelled, the reasons for the expulsion, the date of the
expulsion, and the disciplinary record of the student;
(c) Whether the student is applying to be a full-time residential student;
(d) A statement from the student explaining why he or she would benefit
from the pilot school program;
(e) Academic records for the prior three years, including classes taken,
grades or evaluations received, grade point average, results of any diagnostic
testing, and results of standardized tests;
(f) The student's and parent's, guardian's, or legal custodian's consent to
submit to drug testing if required by the pilot school;
(g) Information concerning the financial resources and income of the parent
or legal guardian of the student consistent with the state board's guidelines
promulgated pursuant to section 22-38-104 (7);
(h) Information about the extracurricular activities, sports, hobbies, or out-of-school employment of the student before expulsion; and
(i) Any other application information required by the pilot school to which the
student is applying.
(2) Each student is eligible to apply to the pilot school serving the county
where the student resides. A student may also apply to any other pilot school that
has not filled all of its sixty student slots.
(3) Students admitted to a pilot school may continue to be enrolled at the
pilot school after the expiration of any period of expulsion from their original
schools. Students of pilot schools who were not originally enrolled as expelled
students may continue to be enrolled pursuant to the policies and regulations
adopted by the pilot school.
(4) Students enrolled in a pilot school pursuant to this section are in addition
to students receiving educational services from the pilot school under an
agreement entered into pursuant to section 22-33-203 (2). Students receiving such
educational services shall not be subject to the admissions requirements that are
applied to enrolling students, but shall be eligible to receive services as provided
under the agreement.