Unless otherwise required by law, this district does not accept nonresident students. A nonresident
student shall be defined as a student who does not meet the requirements to be a resident student of
the School District of the City of St. Charles, as defined in Board policies and the law. Nonresident
students admitted pursuant to the following exceptions or as otherwise mandated by law will not be
required to file for a waiver of residency.
1. The following nonresident students will be admitted and are exempt from complete or partial
tuition charges:
► Children placed by the department of mental health, the department of social services
or by court order in facilities or programs located within the district will be admitted
even if the child’s domicile is in another district.
The district is entitled to local tax effort from each student's domiciliary district. The
district may, if such funds are available and pursuant to law, receive payment from
the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) for such students
in lieu of the local tax effort payments from the domiciliary district.
► Orphaned children, as defined by the courts, who have a permanent or temporary
home within the school district may attend school without paying tuition.
► Children with only one (1) living parent who have a permanent or temporary home
within the school district may attend school without paying tuition.
► Children whose parents do not contribute anything to their support and are unable to
pay tuition, and who have a permanent or temporary home within the school district,
may attend school without paying tuition.
► Children whose parents or guardians pay school taxes on property in the school
district but do not live in the district may attend school in the district and pay tuition
on a tuition/tax credit basis. School taxes paid to the school district by the parents or
guardians of nonresident students shall be deducted from the tuition charge
applicable to the school term or fractional part thereof, concurrent with the calendar
year in which the taxes are paid. The deduction will be prorated among the number
of students per family attending the district's schools. A tax statement must be
submitted to the appropriate administrator before a student can be admitted.
► Children whose parents or guardians own real estate of which 80 acres or more are
used for agricultural purposes and upon which their residence is situated may attend
school, without paying tuition, in any district in which a part of such real estate,
contiguous to that upon which his or her residence is situated, lies, provided that 35
percent of the real estate is located in the district of choice. Such parents or
guardians are required to send notification by June 30 to all school districts involved
specifying which district their children will attend. If notification is not received,
such children shall attend the school in which the majority of the parent or guardian's
property lies. Attendance at any other district will require the payment of tuition.
2. Students from an unaccredited school district in the same or an adjoining county, as may be
required by § 167.131, RSMo., and relevant case law.
3. Children residing in institutions located within the district that provide a place of residence
for three (3) or more such children whose domicile is not in the state of Missouri may be
admitted pursuant to a contractual arrangement, provided that the school district, its
taxpayers, the state of Missouri or its political subdivisions bear no financial burden as a
result of the placement.
4. Nonresident teachers employed by the St. Charles School District will be allowed to enroll
their child/children tuition free in the district as long as class sizes and enrollment limits
permit. These children will attend the building assigned throughout all grades at that level.
These children will be considered resident students for the purpose of determining average
daily attendance. The Board shall not solicit or receive money from a teacher employed by
the district for the purposes of paying tuition or any other expenses of the operation of
schools. Furthermore, the Board may allow nonresident regular employees of the district to
send their children to the district and consider them resident students for the purposes of
determining average daily attendance.
5. Foreign exchange students living within the boundaries of the school district who have
obtained a J-1 visa and who are sponsored by an organization listed on the Council on
Standards for International Educational Travel (CSIET) Advisory List will be allowed to
enroll in the school district. Such enrollment will be conditioned upon approval of the
superintendent and in accordance with procedures set forth by the superintendent or designee.
The Board of Education reserves the right to limit the number of foreign exchange students
enrolled in a given year. Attendance by foreign exchange students is a privilege, not a right.
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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: 10/09/1997; 01/13/2000; 05/12/2005; 08/11/2005; 01/18/2007; 02/08/2007;
07/10/2008; 01/15/2009; 11/11/2010
Cross Refs: IGBCA, Programs for Homeless Students
Legal Refs: §§ 162.1040 - .1059, 163.011, 167.121 - .151, 168.151, RSMo.
8 U.S.C. §§ 1101, 1372
St. Charles School District, St. Charles, Missouri
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