P1220 ELIGIBILITY OF PUPILS ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT

BOARD POLICY:

Under authority granted by the Kansas State High School Activities Association, secondary principals have the authority, in general, to determine the eligibility of pupils on special assignment to participate in state sponsored activities.

Administrative Implemental Procedures:

1.       As a part of the request for special assignment, it is necessary to make a determination as to the pupil’s eligibility to participate in activities sponsored by the Kansas State High School Activities Association.

a.    Health of pupil

      When approved by both the sending and receiving principals, a pupil is immediately eligible to participate in state sponsored activities to the extent specified by a written statement signed by a licensed physician.

b.   Discipline/behavior

      When, in the opinion of both principals, a pupil will be provided an opportunity to successfully adjust in another attendance center and thereby enhance his/her educational growth, the pupil may be declared eligible immediately. Serious consideration should be given to the type of act or acts which prompted the recommendation of a special assignment from one school to another.

c.    Special education programs

      Special education pupils who are reassigned from one center to another will be declared eligible immediately upon approval of both principals.

d.   Administrative recommendations

      In the case of special assignment which originates at an administrative level other than at the school level, the principal of the receiving school shall make eligibility determination with approval of the appropriate Assistant Superintendent.

e.    Other special programs

             The principal of the receiving school shall determine the eligibility of pupils reassigned from an alternative school to the secondary school in which the lawful custodian(s) reside.

2.       Special assignment from one middle school to another

a.       Eligibility, in general, shall be determined by the two principals involved when such requests for special assignment are approved.

b.       Pupils who are reassigned from one middle school to another will be assigned to attend and be eligible at the high school attendance center in which the lawful custodian(s) reside unless: (1) both principals agree it would be in the best interest of the pupil to permit him/her to be eligible at another high school center, and (2) Assistant Superintendent(s) of the participating schools grants approval.

Administrative Responsibility: Assistant Superintendents: High Schools and Middle Schools

Latest Revision Date: November 2007

Previous Revision Date: March 1999 P1220