Plenty of Room in District Schools

Plenty of Room in District Schools

Over 40 states have “open enrollment” laws that allow families to enroll their students in public schools outside their zoned school district. Twenty-four of those states require districts to accept these cross-district transfer students. Families being allowed to transfer their students to public schools they deem better sounds great. But there is a catch. Public school districts are allowed to self-report how much enrollment capacity they have…

Study: Kansas should verify desired schools’ capacities to accept Open Enrollment students - The Sentinel

Kansas’ Open Enrollment law allows K-12 students wishing to transfer to another district to do so, depending on the capacity of the receiving district. But as we have reported, some school districts erect artificial barriers in order to avoid accepting out-of-district students. Dr. Ben Scafidi courtesy of Kennesaw State University A study by Kennesaw State University of five Kansas districts (Andover, Auburn-Washburn, Blue Valley, Shawnee Missio…