A Reference Guide of the Bakersfield City School District

Enrollmentindicate the order in which applicants may be accepted if openings occur during the year. Late applicants shall not beadded to the waiting list for the current year.4. The school informs applicants by mail as to whether their applications have been approved, denied, or placed on awaiting list. If an application is denied, the reasons for denial shall be stated. Requests for a student to transfer arenot held over to the following year. The parent must complete a new request form.5. Approved applicants must confirm their enrollment in the school within 10 school days.6. Once enrolled under an intradistrict open enrollment permit, a student may be subject to a school change due toexcessive enrollment by students who reside within a school’s attendance area. Exceptions apply as specified in law.7. Intradistrict open enrollment permits granted under California law may be revoked if the information on the permitpertaining to the admission criteria changes, or if the criteria for the permit are not met, or if the District determinesthe information upon which the permit was granted is false. A school revoking an intradistrict open enrollment permitfor one of these causes will give an advance written notice to the parent/guardian at least ten (10) school days prior tothe revocation of the permit. This notice shall state the reasons for the revocation and name the school to which thestudent may immediately enroll.8. Unless an intradistrict transfer is revoked, or the student is subject to a school move because of excessive enrollment,the transfer shall be valid through the highest grade offered at the school of choice for elementary students andthrough grade 8 for middle school and junior high students. Reapplication must be made when moving from anelementary school to a middle or junior high school.9. Transportation to and from a school granting an Intradistrict permit is the parent/guardian’s responsibility (except forNo Child Left Behind mandated school transfer and specified Controlled Open Enrollment school transfer).Education Code Section 35160.5, 35291, 35351, 48980; Title 20 United States Code Section 7912; Crawford v. Board ofEducation (1976); Board Policy 602.16, 602.12Transfers OUTSIDE or INTO the Bakersfield City School DistrictStudents wishing to attend a school in another school district must first obtain an interdistrict attendance permit.Applications for interdistrict attendance permits must begin at the district of residence. Generally, an application issubmitted no later than January 1 of the school year before the student may be transferred. However, the school districtsinvolved may agree to waive the January 1st deadline. Permits may be granted only if certain criteria provided for in lawand policy are met. The criteria from both the sending and receiving school districts must be met. Notice of provisionalapproval or waiting list status will be provided to the parent within 90 days after the District receives an application.Interdistrict attendance permits may be cancelled if: (1) information on which the permit was granted has (a) changed, (b)has not been met, or (c) is determined to be false; or (2) the continuing presence of the student (a) interferes with the needsof the District, (b) the best interest of the students, or (c) both; or (3) the student is recommended for expulsion. Excessivetardiness, early removals, or excessive absences will be deemed proper grounds for revoking a permit. The District ofattendance will give ten (10) school days notice to the parents/guardian prior to the revocation of an interdistrict attendancepermit.Please call the Student Services Department at 631-4729 for additional information about Interdistrict Permits.Education Code 46600-46611; 48300-48315; Board Policy 602.3Transfers under the Open Enrollment ActAnnually, under California’s Open Enrollment Act, a group of the lowest performing schools across the state is identified.Each identified school is required to offer parents the option to transfer their student to another school either within oroutside of the student’s resident school district. If you are eligible for a transfer under the Open Enrollment Act, you willbe notified by mail in the fall of the year. If your student qualifies, the notice will provide additional guidance on youroptions.For more information, call the Student Services Department at 631-4627.Magnet School Enrollment: School Choice OptionThe District operates magnet programs at five schools: Chavez, Fremont, McKinley, Mt. Vernon, and Thorner. MagnetSchools serve a limited number of students who reside: (1) within the school’s attendance area; and (2) outside the Magnet12