RULE NUMBER: Policy 5.015.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To codify procedures and standards for handling requests for reassignment to a school other than the one to which a student is assigned based on the zone of residence.

SUMMARY: Codifies as a rule the District’s practices and procedures for handling requests for reassignment on various listed bases. This new Policy will supersede Directive D-5.04 and will recognize that some students may legitimately reside with a person who is acting as a parent in the absence of the parent, and that person’s residence address can be the basis for reassignment. In general, the Department of Choice Programs and School Choice must verify that the proposed receiving school has not reached 100% of FISH capacity before allowing a reassignment request. The Policy will include a majority-to-minority provision allowing students attending their regularly-assigned school and who are of the majority race/ethnicity/socioeconomic status (as classified based on whether the student qualifies for free/reduced-price lunch) to have first priority for transfer assignment to a school in which their race/ethnicity/socioeconomic status is in the minority. It is proposed that reassignment will not be allowed, regardless of the level of service, when: the school is a new facility in its first school year; construction-related issues exist, leading to crowding on the campus; or special programs at the school lead to lack of available classrooms. Moreover, a reassigned student may be required to return to the original school for reasons such as: the student becomes a discipline problem at the receiving school by committing a Level 3 or Level 4 infraction; or the student demonstrates a substantial attendance problem at the receiving school.

SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: Fla. Stat. § 1001.41(2), (3).

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: Fla. Stat. §§ 1001.32(2); 1001.41(3), (6).

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COST (optional, if one has been prepared): None prepared. Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or to provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative, must do so in writing within 21 days of the publication of this Notice.

CONTACT PERSONS: Mary Vreeland and Jim Woolridge, 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406.

PERSON ORIGINATING THE PROPOSED RULE: Jim Woolridge.

TEXT OF PROPOSED RULE: Is available from the District's web site at www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm .

SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Dr. Art Johnson.

DATE PROPOSED REVISION WAS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD: March 29, 2006.

PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED: March 15, 2006, in The Palm Beach Post.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: Adoption of the proposed rule is anticipated to be considered at the School Board's Special Meeting on Policies on May 31, 2006, anticipated to begin at 5:00 p.m. in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. AGENDA: A copy of the agenda will be available by May 24 on the District's Web site. Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this hearing is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours in advance by contacting the Board clerk at 434-8139. This hearing is open to the public.

Publish: May 3, 2006