Common use of Enrollment Priority Clause in Contracts

Enrollment Priority. The Network shall work with the School Choice office on an annual basis to set priorities for each of its schools. Annually, the Network shall comply with the following priorities as well as any priorities outlined in the Facility Usage Agreement: a. Provide priority to Denver resident students. That is, if a School shall have more applicants than it has space, preference shall be given to Denver resident students. b. If the school is in a boundary zone, the School shall have a regional preference or boundary for students residing in Site Neighborhood, to the extent that such preference is in compliance with the rules regarding start –up grants from CDE that the School or the Network receives. c. Once a student has been admitted through an appropriate process, including student enrolled at the School prior to the approval of its school attachment, that student may remain in attendance through subsequent grades, without regard to any priorities listed above. d. Student Movement After the First Round of School Choice. To accommodate students physically moving into the District after the First Round of School Choice (after February 1st), the Network agrees to enter placeholder slots at each School (equal to 5% of their total open slots across grade levels) in its enrollment lottery, if such a lottery is required because a School is oversubscribed. As an outcome to the lottery, placeholder slots may end up on the accepted student list or on the waitlist. Between February 1st and the last Monday in the month of August, any student who moves into the District shall have the right to request one of the placeholder slots. The Network shall hold these placeholder slots until the last Monday in the month of August, at which time it can draw students off its waitlist to fill any remaining slots so that its Schools can reach their targets for enrollment by October 1st. e. Student Movement After October 1st. Pursuant to Colorado state law, students who enroll in a School shall have the right to remain enrolled in that School through the end of the school year, absent expulsion, graduation, court ordered placement, or IEP placement. After October 1st, any movement of students between any of the Schools and any District school (including the school serving the student’s resident address that is not operated pursuant to a charter school contract) is subject to an agreement between the Network and the Superintendent or his designee. The Network agrees to use the standard District administrative transfer process. Each School’s enrollment will be counted on or before October 1st of each year, by a process implemented by the District. Should a student withdraw from or otherwise depart from a Network School after October 1st, the Network may choose to fill the vacated enrollment slot with a student from the School’s enrollment waitlist, if the School has such a waitlist. If the Network chooses not to fill the vacated enrollment slot with a student from the waitlist, then the School will be required to make the vacated enrollment slot available to a student moving into the District, if such student requests to enroll at the School. The Network shall not be required to accept such a student into a vacated seat in the 11th or 12th grades. f. Enrolling New Students Moving into the Community. In Schools operating in District facilities the Network shall enroll new students that move into the region surrounding the School after October 1st, the definition of which shall be negotiated with the District, proportionate with other surrounding schools, even if current enrollment is at or above the level at which the school was funded. Such enrollment will be limited to 5% above the School’s total funded students. The agreement to take new students once the school year has commenced will have no bearing or impact on the lottery for open seats that occurs prior to the start of the school year. g. Enrolling Students who do not participate in School Choice. Upon exhaustion of federal start-up funds at any School, the Network shall negotiate with the District terms for reserving enrollment spaces for students who do not participate in the School Choice process but are not new to the District. The District shall assign these students to such a School and neighboring eligible schools in an equitable proportion.

Enrollment Priority. The Network shall work with the School Choice office on an annual basis to set priorities for each of its schools. Annually, the Network shall comply with the following priorities as well as any priorities outlined in the Facility Usage Agreement: a. Provide priority to Denver resident students. That is, if a School shall have more applicants than it has space, preference shall be given to Denver resident students. b. If the school is in a boundary Boundary zone, the School shall have a regional preference or boundary for students residing in Site Neighborhood, to the extent that such preference is in compliance with the rules regarding start –up grants from CDE that the School or the Network receives. c. Once a student has been admitted through an appropriate process, including student enrolled at the School prior to the approval of its school attachment, that student may remain in attendance through subsequent grades, without regard to any priorities listed above. d. Student Movement After the First Round of School Choice. To accommodate students physically moving into the District after the First Round of School Choice (after February 1st), the Network agrees to enter placeholder slots at each School (equal to 5% of their total open slots across grade levels) in its enrollment lottery, if such a lottery is required because a School is oversubscribed. As an outcome to the lottery, placeholder slots may end up on the accepted student list or on the waitlist. Between February 1st and the last Monday in the month of August, any student who moves into the District shall have the right to request one of the placeholder slots. The Network shall hold these placeholder slots until the last Monday in the month of August, at which time it can draw students off its waitlist to fill any remaining slots so that its Schools can reach their targets for enrollment by October 1st. e. Student Movement After October 1st. Pursuant to Colorado state law, students who enroll in a School shall have the right to remain enrolled in that School through the end of the school year, absent expulsion, graduation, court ordered placement, or IEP placement. After October 1st, any movement of students between any of the Schools and any District school (including the school serving the student’s resident address that is not operated pursuant to a charter school contract) is subject to an agreement between the Network and the Superintendent or his designee. The Network agrees to use the standard District administrative transfer process. Each School’s enrollment will be counted on or before October 1st of each year, by a process implemented by the District. Should a student withdraw from or otherwise depart from a Network School after October 1st, the Network may choose to fill the vacated enrollment slot with a student from the School’s enrollment waitlist, if the School has such a waitlist. If the Network chooses not to fill the vacated enrollment slot with a student from the waitlist, then the School will be required to make the vacated enrollment slot available to a student moving into the District, if such student requests to enroll at the School. The Network shall not be required to accept such a student into a vacated seat in the 11th or 12th grades. f. Enrolling New Students Moving into the Community. In Schools operating in District facilities the Network shall enroll new students that move into the region surrounding the School after October 1st, the definition of which shall be negotiated with the District, proportionate with other surrounding schools, even if current enrollment is at or above the level at which the school was funded. Such enrollment will be limited to 5% above the School’s total funded students. The agreement to take new students once the school year has commenced will have no bearing or impact on the lottery for open seats that occurs prior to the start of the school year. g. Enrolling Students who do not participate in School Choice. Upon exhaustion of federal start-up funds at any School, the Network shall negotiate with the District terms for reserving enrollment spaces for students who do not participate in the School Choice process but are not new to the District. The District shall assign these students to such a School and neighboring eligible schools in an equitable proportion.

Enrollment Priority. The Network shall work with the School Choice office on an annual basis to set priorities for each of its schools. Annually, the Network shall comply with the following priorities as well as any priorities outlined in the Facility Usage Agreement: a. Provide priority to Denver resident students. That is, if a School shall have more applicants than it has space, preference shall be given to Denver resident students. b. If the school a School is in a boundary zone, the School shall have a regional preference or boundary for students residing in Site Neighborhood, to the extent that such preference is in compliance with the rules regarding start –up grants from CDE that the School or the Network receives. c. Once a student has been admitted through an appropriate process, including student enrolled at the School prior to the approval of its school attachment, that student may remain in attendance through subsequent grades, without regard to any priorities listed above. d. Student Movement After the First Round of School Choice. To accommodate students physically moving into the District after the First Round of School Choice (after February 1st), the Network agrees to enter placeholder slots at each School (equal to 5% of their total open slots across grade levels) in its enrollment lottery, if such a lottery is required because a School is oversubscribed. As an outcome to the lottery, placeholder slots may end up on the accepted student list or on the waitlist. Between February 1st and the last Monday in the month of August, any student who moves into the District shall have the right to request one of the placeholder slots. The Network shall hold these placeholder slots until the last Monday in the month of August, at which time it can draw students off its waitlist to fill any remaining slots so that its Schools can reach their targets for enrollment by October 1st. e. Student Movement After October 1st. Pursuant to Colorado state law, students who enroll in a School shall have the right to remain enrolled in that School through the end of the school year, absent expulsion, graduation, court ordered placement, or IEP placement. After October 1st, any movement of students between any of the Schools and any District school (including the school serving the student’s resident address that is not operated pursuant to a charter school contract) is subject to an agreement between the Network and the Superintendent or his designee. The Network agrees to use the standard District administrative transfer process. Each School’s enrollment will be counted on or before October 1st of each year, by a process implemented by the District. Should a student withdraw from or otherwise depart from a Network School after October 1st, the Network may choose to fill the vacated enrollment slot with a student from the School’s enrollment waitlist, if the School has such a waitlist. If the Network chooses not to fill the vacated enrollment slot with a student from the waitlist, then the School will be required to make the vacated enrollment slot available to a student moving into the District, if such student requests to enroll at the School. The Network shall not be required to accept such a student into a vacated seat in the 11th or 12th grades. f. Enrolling New Students Moving into the Community. In Schools operating in District facilities the Network shall enroll new students that move into the region surrounding the School after October 1st, the definition of which shall be negotiated with the District, proportionate with other surrounding schools, even if current enrollment is at or above the level at which the school was funded. Such enrollment will be limited to 5% above the School’s total funded students. The agreement to take new students once the school year has commenced will have no bearing or impact on the lottery for open seats that occurs prior to the start of the school year. g. Enrolling Students who do not participate in School Choice. Upon exhaustion of federal start-up funds at any School, the Network shall negotiate with the District terms for reserving enrollment spaces for students who do not participate in the School Choice process but are not new to the District. The District shall assign these students to such a School and neighboring eligible schools in an equitable proportion.

Enrollment Priority. The Network shall work with the School Choice office on an annual basis to set priorities for each of its schools. Annually, the Network shall comply with the following priorities as well as any priorities outlined in the Facility Usage Agreement: a. Provide priority to Denver resident students. That is, if a School shall have more applicants than it has space, preference shall be given to Denver resident students. b. If the school School is in a boundary zone, the it School shall have a regional preference or boundary for students residing in Site Neighborhood, to the extent that such preference is in compliance with the rules regarding start –up grants from CDE that the School or the Network receives. c. Once a student has been admitted through an appropriate process, including student enrolled at the School prior to the approval of its school attachment, that student may remain in attendance through subsequent grades, without regard to any priorities listed above. d. Student Movement After the First Round of School Choice. To accommodate students physically moving into the District after the First Round of School Choice (after February 1st), the Network agrees to enter placeholder slots at each School (equal to 5% of their total open slots across grade levels) in its enrollment lottery, if such a lottery is required because a School is oversubscribed. As an outcome to the lottery, placeholder slots may end up on the accepted student list or on the waitlist. Between February 1st and the last Monday in the month of August, any student who moves into the District shall have the right to request one of the placeholder slots. The Network shall hold these placeholder slots until the last Monday in the month of August, at which time it can draw students off its waitlist to fill any remaining slots so that its Schools can reach their targets for enrollment by October 1st. e. Student Movement After October 1st. Pursuant to Colorado state law, students who enroll in a School shall have the right to remain enrolled in that School through the end of the school year, absent expulsion, graduation, court ordered placement, or IEP placement. After October 1st, any movement of students between any of the Schools and any District school (including the school serving the student’s resident address that is not operated pursuant to a charter school contract) is subject to an agreement between the Network and the Superintendent or his designee. The Network agrees to use the standard District administrative transfer process. Each School’s enrollment will be counted on or before October 1st of each year, by a process implemented by the District. Should a student withdraw from or otherwise depart from a Network School after October 1st, the Network may choose to fill the vacated enrollment slot with a student from the School’s enrollment waitlist, if the School has such a waitlist. If the Network chooses not to fill the vacated enrollment slot with a student from the waitlist, then the School will be required to make the vacated enrollment slot available to a student moving into the District, if such student requests to enroll at the School. The Network shall not be required to accept such a student into a vacated seat in the 11th or 12th grades. f. Enrolling New Students Moving into the Community. In Schools operating in District facilities the Network shall enroll new students that move into the region surrounding the School after October 1st, the definition of which shall be negotiated with the District, proportionate with other surrounding schools, even if current enrollment is at or above the level at which the school was funded. Such enrollment will be limited to 5% above the School’s total funded students. The agreement to take new students once the school year has commenced will have no bearing or impact on the lottery for open seats that occurs prior to the start of the school year. g. Enrolling Students who do not participate in School Choice. Upon exhaustion of federal start-up funds at any School, the Network shall negotiate with the District terms for reserving enrollment spaces for students who do not participate in the School Choice process but are not new to the District. The District shall assign these students to such a School and neighboring eligible schools in an equitable proportion.