EXCLUSIONS AND EXEMPTIONS FROM SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

Denial of admission means the withholding of the privilege of enrolling in a school of the District.

The following shall be the grounds for denial of admission to school or diversion to an appropriate alternative program:

• Graduation from the twelfth grade of any school or receipt of any document evidencing completion of the equivalent of a secondary curriculum;
• Failure to meet the requirements of age, by a student who has reached the age of six years at a time after the beginning of the school year, as fixed by the school committee as provided in Massachusetts General Laws;
• Having been expelled from a school in this district or any district in the Commonwealth;
• Not being a resident of the District and the District has opted not to participate in the School Choice Law;
• Failure to comply with the provisions of the Massachusetts School Entry Immunization Law.

File: JHD

[Adopted: 11/98]

[Revised: October 2000]

[Reviewed: May 2003]