All students must transfer between district schools when their residence changes to a different
attendance area, unless exempted by the superintendent or designee. Further, the district maintains
the ability to transfer students between schools as needed.
Students with disabilities may be assigned to attend a school outside the student’s attendance area
by the Section 504 team or pursuant to the student’s individualized education program (IEP).
Administrators participating in these decisions will notify the admissions office as soon as the
decision is made to place a student outside his or her attendance area.
The superintendent or designee may direct the intradistrict transfer of students for the health, safety
or welfare of the student, to maintain discipline and safety in the schools, to better meet the
educational needs of the student or to address overcrowding in school.
Voluntary Transfers to Schools Outside Attendance Areas
Students who have previously transferred to a school outside the student's attendance area due to
school improvement measures mandated by federal law will be allowed to continue attending the
school they transferred to until they have completed the highest grade offered in that school. The
district will not continue to provide transportation to these students.
Students enrolled in a school identified as persistently dangerous pursuant to federal and state law
may transfer to another public school within the district that has not been so identified. A student
who has been a victim of a violent criminal offense on school property as defined by state regulation
may, upon request, transfer to another public school in the district. The transfer will be allowed in
accordance with law.
Otherwise, students may request to transfer to a different district school if the district determines
there is available space and evidence that the student or school will benefit from such a transfer.
Once a student has begun attendance at a school he or she cannot transfer to another school until the
next semester begins, unless the student's residence changes to a new attendance area or unless
otherwise required by law. The parent/guardian must submit a request to transfer to the district
school prior to the beginning of the new semester. Transportation will not be provided to students
transferring to schools outside the student's attendance area, unless required by law. If, after a
transfer has been granted, principals find that transferred pupils are doing unsatisfactory work or are
not living up to the terms agreed upon in the transfer, the matter should be promptly reported to the
superintendent’s office and the transfer may be revoked. Transfer permits are valid only for one
school year; they do not carry forward to the following year.
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Note: The reader is encouraged to check the index located at the beginning of this section
for other pertinent policies and to review administrative procedures and/or forms for
related information.
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Adopted: 09/15/1997
Revised: 07/19/2004; 03/26/2013
Cross Refs: FC, School Closings, Consolidations and Reorganizations
IGBA, Programs for Students with Disabilities
Legal Refs: § 162.1190, RSMo.
5 C.S.R. 20-100.210
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 - 1417
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504, 29 U.S.C. § 794
Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 - 12213
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, 20 U.S.C. §§ 6301 - 7941
34 C.F.R. Part 104
34 C.F.R. Part 300
Dunklin R-5 School District, Herculaneum, Missouri
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