Student Admission
The Board of Education shall provide free public education to all students who are residents of the
school district and who are between the ages of five (5) and 21 years and who otherwise qualify for
admission under Missouri law unless otherwise required by federal law. Federal law also requires
the district to provide services to resident students qualifying for special education services between
the ages of three (3) and 21. Any senior qualifying for graduation at the end of the school semester
and attaining age 21 during the course of the semester may complete that particular semester tuition
free.
Persons seeking admission to the district and its instructional programs must satisfactorily meet all
residency, academic, age, immunization, discipline and other eligibility prerequisites as established
by Board policy and law. Students enrolling in kindergarten or first grade must provide proof of a
comprehensive vision examination by January 1 of the first year in the district, in accordance with
law. Students who are homeless will be admitted in accordance with Board policy and law.
Students who transfer to the district from another district will be placed in accordance with Board
policy.
Entrance Age
In accordance with law, a student is eligible for admission to attend the St. Charles R-VI School
District, and is eligible for admission to summer school the summer prior to entering kindergarten,
if offered by the school district, if the student:
1. Reaches the age of five (5) before August 1 of the school year in which he or she plans to
enroll.
2. Has attended school, or the summer school prior to a kindergarten school term, in the St.
Louis School District or the Kansas City School District, regardless of the age of the student.
3. Is a child in the household of an active duty member of the military, including some veterans
who are deceased or injured as defined by law, who has successfully completed an accredited
pre-kindergarten program or has attended an accredited kindergarten in another state,
regardless of the age of the student.
A student eligible to attend who has previously attended a kindergarten program or otherwise
demonstrates to the satisfaction of the district that he or she is socially and academically ready to
progress may be placed in a class, grade or program that would best meet the student's educational
needs, after consultation with the student's parent/guardian. Likewise, a student who demonstrates
that he or she is not socially or academically ready to enter kindergarten or the grade in which he or
she would otherwise be placed may be placed in a preschool or other appropriate class or program
offered by the district, after consultation with the student's parent/guardian.
Students who are entering kindergarten or first grade are encouraged to preregister in the spring prior
to the fall semester in which they are to begin attendance.
Enrollment
All prospective students must submit the following documents to the building principal or registrar
in order to comply with the district's admission requirements regardless of date of enrollment:
1. Proof of age (e.g., birth certificated).
2. Immunization record or documents verifying legal exemption revealing compliance with
state requirements.
3. Proof of residence.
Requests for Student Records
Within two (2) business days of enrolling a student, the school official enrolling the student shall
request those records required by district policy for student transfer, including discipline records,
from all schools previously attended by the student within the last 12 months.
Within 48 hours of enrolling a nonresident student placed in the district pursuant to §§ 210.481 -
.536, RSMo., via foster homes, residential care facilities or child-placing agencies, the school official
enrolling the student shall request those records required by district policy for student transfer,
including discipline records, from all schools and facilities previously attended by the student; the
Department of Social Services; the Department of Mental Health; the Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education and any entity involved with the placement of the student within the last 24
months.
The district will accept hand-carried or unofficial records for the purpose of enrolling a student
transferring from another state who is in the household of an active duty member of the military,
including some veterans who are deceased or injured as defined by law, but will request official
records in accordance with this policy.
Foster Children
The district designates the Director of Special Education as the liaison for foster care children. The
liaison will provide advisory assistance regarding all aspects of the enrollment, placement, transfer
and withdrawal of children in foster care.
Statement of Prior Suspension, Expulsion or Criminal Offense
The Board of Education requires the parent, guardian or other person having control or charge of a
child of school age to provide upon enrollment a signed statement indicating whether the student has
been suspended or expelled from a public or private school in this state or any other state for an
offense in violation of Board policies. In addition, the person enrolling the student must affirm that
the student has not been convicted of or charged with an act listed in the "Admission Restriction"
section of this policy. This registration document shall be maintained as a part of the student's
scholastic record.
Students Suspended or Expelled from Another District
Without the superintendent’s or designee's permission, no student may enroll in a school in the
district during a suspension or expulsion from another in-state or out-of-state school district,
including a private, charter or parochial school or school district, if it is determined upon attempt to
enroll that the student's conduct would have resulted in a suspension or expulsion in this district.
The parent/guardian or student may request a conference with the superintendent or designee to
consider whether the conduct of the student would have resulted in a suspension or expulsion in this
district. The superintendent or designee may make such suspension or expulsion from another
district effective if it is determined that such conduct would have resulted in a suspension or
expulsion in this district. If it is determined that such conduct would not have resulted in a
suspension or expulsion in this district, the superintendent or designee shall not make such
suspension or expulsion from another school or district effective. The superintendent or designee
will consider whether the student has received the due process required by law before making any
decision.
A remedial conference will be held in accordance with Board policy prior to enrollment of any
student following a suspension or expulsion from another school for an act of school violence as
defined in § 160.261.2, RSMo. The remedial conference will be held regardless of whether such act
was committed at a public or private school in this state, provided that such act shall have resulted
in the suspension or expulsion of such student in the case of a private school.
Admission Restriction
In accordance with § 167.171, RSMo, no student may be readmitted or enrolled to a regular program
of instruction in the school district who has been convicted of or charged with an act that if
committed by an adult would be one (1) of the following:
1. First degree murder under § 565.020, RSMo.
2. Second degree murder under § 565.021, RSMo.
3. First degree assault under § 565.050, RSMo.
4. Forcible rape under § 566.030, RSMo.
5. Forcible sodomy under § 566.060, RSMo.
6. Statutory rape under § 566.032, RSMo.
7. Statutory sodomy under § 566.062, RSMo.
8. Robbery in the first degree under § 569.020, RSMo.
9. Distribution of drugs to a minor under § 195.212, RSMo.
10. Arson in the first degree under § 569.040, RSMo.
11. Kidnapping, when classified as a class A felony under § 565.110, RSMo.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit the readmittance or enrollment of any student if a charge has
been dismissed or when a student has been acquitted of any of the above acts. This section does not
apply to a student with a disability, as identified under state eligibility criteria, who is convicted as
a result of an action related to the student’s disability. If the district maintains an alternative
education program, and the district determines that the placement is appropriate, a student subject
to these admissions restrictions may be admitted to such an alternative education program.
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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: 10/14/1993
Revised: 06/08/1999; 01/13/2000; 04/04/2002; 11/11/2004; 08/11/2005; 07/10/2008;
06/11/2009; 08/12/2010; 11/11/2010
Cross Refs: IGBCA, Programs for Homeless Students
IGBCB, Programs for Migrant Students
Legal Refs: §§ 43.408, 160.051 - .053, .055, .261, 167.018 - .023, .101, .122, .161, .171, .194,
195.212, 565.020 - .021, .050, .110, 566.030, .032, .060, .062, 569.020, .040,
RSMo.
McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001, 42
U.S.C. §§ 11431- 11435
St. Charles School District, St. Charles, Missouri
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