BOARD POLICY 420

420         -     Admission

The District shall strictly follow the requirements of attendance and admission as specified in Wisconsin Statutes. Any child entering any public school in the District shall be screened for the purpose of determining any exceptional need. Due process will be followed in all such examinations. Students desiring enrollment in the School District shall provide the District with their social security number.

The School District shall not discriminate in admissions to any school, class, program, activity, or facilities usage on the basis of sex, religion, color, handicap, race, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, creed, pregnancy, parental or marital status, sexual orientation or physical, learning, emotional or mental disability.

It is the policy of the School District of Fort Atkinson not to enroll any student who has been expelled from another School District during the expulsion. It is the prerogative of the District, however, to consider specific and extraordinary situations in making the enrollment determination.

Legal Ref.:     Chapter 115, Subchapter V. Sections 115.28(2), 115.80, 118.13, 118.14, 118.145, 120.12(25), 120.13(1)(f), Wisconsin Statutes

PI 9.03(1), Wisconsin Administrative Code

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)

Cross Ref.:    Administrative Rule 112 - Discrimination Complaint Procedures                                                    

Administrative Rule 112, Exhibit A - Discrimination Complaint Form           

Approved:      April 17, 1997

Revised:         December 16, 2010