Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 08 - Education, Board of and Department of
Rule 08.02.04 - RULES GOVERNING PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS
Section 08.02.04.203 - ADMISSION PROCEDURES
Current through August 31, 2023
01. Idaho Public Charter School Commission. The Idaho public charter school commission shall adopt policies and procedures establishing a framework for the equitable selection process and make available to all public charter schools a model procedure. Petitioners are required to adopt admission procedures that align with the Commission approved model procedures. (4-6-23)
02. Equitable Selection Process. Admission to a public charter school shall be determined by an equitable selection process. The equitable selection process must be held within seven (7) days of the enrollment deadlines as defined in Subsection 203.02 and must take place in a public setting, the date and time of which must be noticed to the public at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance. (4-6-23)
03. Enrollment Deadline. A charter holder shall establish an enrollment deadline for each school year and may establish an enrollment capacity below that stated in the public charter school's performance certificate. The deadline shall be established either by annual vote of the charter holder's board of directors or by establishment of charter holder policy. The enrollment deadline shall be the date by which all written requests for admission to attend the public charter school for the next school year must be received. Neither the enrollment deadline nor a lowered enrollment capacity may be changed once the enrollment information is disseminated as required by Subsection 203.03. (4-6-23)
04. Enrollment Opportunities. A charter holder shall ensure that citizens in the primary attendance area, as it is defined in the school's performance certificate, are made aware of the enrollment opportunities of the public charter school. (4-6-23)
05. Requests for Admission. A parent, guardian, or other person with legal authority to make decisions regarding school attendance on behalf of a child residing in this state, must make a request in writing in electronic or hard-copy format for such child to attend a public charter school. (4-6-23)
06. Admission Procedure. Admission to a public charter school shall be determined by an equitable selection process. The equitable selection process must be held within seven (7) days of the enrollment deadlines as defined in Subsection 203.02 and must take place in a public setting, the date and time of which must be noticed to the public at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance. (4-6-23)
07. Final Selection List. The names of the persons in highest order on the final selection list shall have the highest priority for admission to the public charter school in that grade, and shall be offered admission to the public charter school in such grade until all seats for that grade are filled. A waitlist of prospective students shall be compiled each year after the equitable selection process has been completed. The waitlist shall consist of students for whom no open seat is currently available and shall prioritize first, prospective students for whom a request for admission was received before the enrollment deadline in the order in which the students were selected during the equitable selection process, and second, prospective students for whom a written request for admission was received after the enrollment deadline in the order in which the request was received. (4-6-23)
08. Notification and Acceptance Process. With respect to students selected for admission to the public charter school, within seven (7) days after conducting the equitable selection process, the public charter school shall send an offer letter to the legal guardian who submitted a written request for admission on behalf of a student, advising such person that the student has been selected for admission to the public charter school. The offer letter must be signed by such student's parent, or guardian, and returned to the public charter school by the date designated in such offer letter shall be retained by the public charter school in the student's permanent record. (4-6-23)
09. Subsequent School Years. The final selection list for a given school year shall not roll over to the next subsequent school year. The legal guardian of a student who remains on the waitlist when the next enrollment deadline is noticed to the public must be notified that a new written request for admission must be completed prior to the new enrollment deadline in order for the student to be added to the prospective student list. If the capacity of the public charter school is insufficient to enroll all prospective students during the next subsequent school year, then a new equitable selection process shall be conducted by the public charter school for such school year. (4-6-23)