HB 659

Abstract

Board of Education; open school enrollment policies; guidance on best practices. Requires the Board of Education to develop and make available to each school board guidance on best practices relating to open school enrollment, including on several topics enumerated in the bill.

Public schools; open school enrollment policiesand guidance. Requires the Board of Education to develop andmake available to each school board by August 1, 2024, model policiesand guidance relating to open school enrollment detailing certainconditions, limitations, and procedures relating to the open enrollmentprocess and nonresident students, defined as any student who is enrolledin a school within such student's school division but outside ofthe attendance area in which he resides pursuant to an open enrollmentpolicy. The bill requires each school board to establish and implementpolicies to provide for open enrollment in accordance with the model policies and guidelines developed by the Board. Current law permits,but does not require, each school board to establish and implementpolicies providing for open enrollment.