File:  JF-E - Admission and Denial of Admission

According to the Colorado Revised Statutes 22-33-106 (2), subject to the district's responsi-bilities under The Exceptional Children's Education Act (see policy JK-2, Discipline of Students with Disabilities) and other laws pertaining to the education of students with disabilities, the following may be grounds for expulsion from or denial of admission to a public school or diversion to an appropriate alternate program.

1.  Physical or mental disability such that the child cannot reasonably benefit from the pro-grams available.

2.  Physical or mental disability or disease causing the attendance of the child suf-fer-ing therefrom to be inimical to the welfare of other students.

According to C.R.S. 22-33-106 (3)(a-f), the following may constitute additional grounds for denial of admission to a public school:

1.  Graduating from the 12th grade of any school or receipt of any document evi-dencing completion of the equivalent of a secondary education.

2.  Failure to meet age requirements.

3.  Having been expelled from any school district during the preceding 12 months.

4.  Not being a resident of the district unless otherwise entitled to attend under C.R.S. 22, Articles 23 (migrant children) or 32 (exclusion of non-residents) or 36 (schools of choice).

5.  Failure to comply with the provisions of Part 9, Article 4, Title 25, C.R.S. (immu-n-ization requirements).  Any suspension, expulsion or denial of admis-sion for such failure to com-ply shall not be recorded as a disciplinary action but may be record--ed with the student's immunization record with an appropriate expla-na-tion.

6.  Behavior in another school district during the preceding 12 months that is detri-mental to the welfare or safety of other pupils or of school personnel.

According to C.R.S. 22-23-106(4)(a), an expelled student may be prohibited from enrolling or re-enrolling in the same school in which the victim of the offense or member of the victim´s immediate family is enrolled or employed when:

1.  the expelled student is convicted of a crime, adjudicated a juvenile delinquent, receives a deferred judgment or is placed in a diversion program as a result of committing the offense for which the student was expelled

2.  there is an identifiable victim of the expelled student´s offense

3.  the offense for which the student was expelled does not constitute a crime against property.

If the district has no actual knowledge of the name of the victim, the expelled student shall be prohibited from enrolling or re-enrolling  only upon request of the victim or a member of the victim´s immediate family. 

Students in out-of-home placements

State law limits the grounds for denial of enrollment regarding students in out-of-home placements, as defined by C.R.S. 22-32-138 (1)� and provided in regulation JF-R, Admission and Denial of Admission (Procedures for Students in Out-of-home Placements).

Adopted:  August 1998

Revised:  October 1999

Revised:  March 2000

Revised:  October 2012