JBCD: Enrollment of Military Students

For the purposes of this policy, the following terms will be defined as follows:

"Military student" is a person who is a dependent of a full-time active duty member of the military service or a dependent of a member of any of the United States military reserve forces who has been ordered to active duty under 10 U.S.C. §§ 12301, 12302, or 12304, or ordered to full-time active duty for a period of more than 30 consecutive days under 32 U.S.C. §§ 502(f) or 512 for the purposes of mobilizing for war, international peacekeeping missions, national emergency, or homeland defense activities.

"Parent" means the natural parents, adoptive parents, step-parents, and foster parents.

"Person acting as a parent" means a guardian or conservator, a person liable by law to care for or support the child, a person who has actual care and control of the child and provides a major portion of support, or a person who has actual care and control of the child with written consent of a person who has legal custody of the child.

Enrollment of Military Students in Grades K-12

If evidence is provided that a military student's parent or person acting as a parent will be stationed at a military installation in Kansas during the current or immediately succeeding school year, the district shall enroll any military student in kindergarten or any of the grades one through 12 prior to the military student physically residing in this state, and no proof of address shall be required at the time of enrollment. Residency within the district may be required for attendance if the district does not have open seats at the time of enrollment as determined by board policy JBCC and Kansas law.

Enrollment of Military Students in District Pre-K Programs

If the district offers a pre-kindergarten program, it shall enroll any military student in a pre-kindergarten program if the military student is eligible to participate in the program and the military student or the military student's parent or person acting as a parent provides evidence that the military's parent or person acting as parent will be stationed at a military installation in Kansas during the current or immediately succeeding school year. If the district has no open seats for the program, then the military student shall be placed on a waiting list for enrollment. Proof of address shall not be required at the time of enrollment, but proof may be required for attendance.

Special Education and Section 504 Services

If the military student has an individualized education program (IEP) or a 504 plan, the district shall take appropriate measures to ensure the military student will receive the required education and related service upon attending school in the district.