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What is a student transfer?

Parents/Guardians may request to transfer their children from their home school to another school in the District using the following pathways:

Open Enrollment Transfers

• Parents/Guardians may request to transfer their children to a school of their choice within the district.
• The only requirement is that the completed application be submitted by the deadline given in the annual Parent & Student Notification and Information Handbook.
• Approval is determined by space availability at each school. If there are more applications than space at a specific school, selection will be done by lottery. There is no appeal for students not selected or for students who missed deadlines.
• Approved transfers are valid only through the highest grade in the school.

Family-Related Transfers Checklist

Transfers may be granted for the following reasons:

• Medical Reasons (Verification by a licensed health care provider is required.)
• Change of Legal Address (Verification required.)
• Child Care (K-6) (Verification required.)
   

No Child Left Behind (NCLB)-Choice Transfer from a Program Improvement School

• Parents/Guardians may request an NCLB choice transfer if they reside in an attendance zone of a school that has been designated by the State of California as a Program Improvement (PI) school.
• The State of California designates a school as a PI school if that school has not met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) achievement goals for two (2) consecutive school years.
• Parents/Guardians are notified when students are enrolled or scheduled to be enrolled in a PI school.
• Parents/Guardians must submit their transfer requests by the deadline established by the District. This type of transfer may not be revoked
  

NCLB-Safety Transfers

• Parents/Guardians may request an NCLB safety transfer if a student becomes a victim of a violent criminal offense while on school grounds
• If students attend a “persistently dangerous” school as designated by the California Department of Education. Parents/Guardians are required to be notified by the District and students would be given an option to transfer to another district school or attend a charter school.

Administrative Transfers/Placements

In consultation with principals, parents/guardians, and students may initiate a transfer/administrative placement to other district schools.  

Can a transfer be revoked?

All transfers can be revoked with the exception of NCLB transfers if at least two of the conditions below are met:

• If a student does not earn satisfactory grades (2.0 GPA)
• If a student does not meet expectations for student behavior. (for example, two (2) or more school suspensions in any one (1) academic quarter may result in revocation)
• If a student does not maintain prompt and regular attendance.
• If the parents/guardians have provided a false address or made any other misrepresentation in the application or appeal process.

What is an INTERDISTRICT TRANSFER?

•  WHENEVER a parent/guardian who resides in the FUSD wishes to have their child/children attend another school district, a request must be submitted through the Transfers Office.
• Parents/Guardians who reside outside the FUSD, who wish to have their child/children attend school in the FUSD, must initiate their request in their district of residence.
   

What reasons may be used to grant an Interdistrict Transfers?

• Child Care (K-6): Verification of parent/guardian employment and childcare provider required.
• Pending Change of Legal Address (verification required)
• Senior Privilege
• Location of Parent's/Guardian's Employment (K-8) within the boundaries of the requested district (verification required).

Can a transfer decision be appealed?
 

• Yes, family-related intradistrict transfer requests that are denied may be appealed by the parents/guardians if a valid reason was established with verification and if the requested school has space at the student's grade level.
• There is no right to appeal transfer denials that are based on lack of space in the requested school.
• Denied interdistrict transfer requests to attend schools in another district may also be appealed by the parents/guardians.
   

Parents/Guardians must submit a written request to the Transfers Office for an appeal before the Transfer Appeals Board (TAB).
 

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