Young Scholar’s Academy (YSA) Enrollment/Lottery/Waiting List Policy

A. YSA shall enroll all eligible pupils who submit a timely application unless the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a program, class, grade level, or building.  In the school’s first year, if the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a program, class, or building, YSA will conduct a lottery, excepting for providing for the exceptions listed below, and following the conditions of CSP Nonregulatory Guidance Section E.

B. YSA shall give enrollment preference to pupils returning to the charter school in the second or any subsequent year of its operation and to siblings of pupils already enrolled in YSA.

C. YSA may give enrollment preference to children in foster care or who meet the definition of unaccompanied youth prescribed in the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 United States Code section 11434a).

D. YSA may give enrollment preference to and reserve capacity for pupils who either:

a. are children, grandchildren, or legal wards of any of the following:

i. Employees of the school.

ii. Employees of the charter holder.

iii. Members of the governing body of the school.

iv.  Directors, officers, partners, or board members of the charter school.

                b. attended another charter school or are the siblings of that pupil if the charter school previously attended by the pupil has the identical charter holder, board, and governing board membership as the enrolling charter school or is managed by the same educational management organization, charter management organization or educational service provider as determined by the charter authorizer.

E. If the remaining enrollment capacity is insufficient to enroll all pupils who submit a timely application, YSA shall select pupils through its waiting list process, except that preference shall be given to siblings of a pupil selected through its waiting list process.  All waiting lists are organized by date of submission of the enrollment form to the YSA office and positions are offered according to the date submitted.  Student positions are offered throughout the year, as positions become available through the withdrawal of students or through normal attrition.

F. YSA is committed to a non-discriminatory admission policy.

a. Except as provided in subsections A through D of this section, YSA shall not limit admission based on ethnicity, national origin, gender, income level, disabling condition, proficiency in the English language, or athletic ability.

G. YSA may limit admission to pupils within a given age group or grade level.

H. YSA may provide academic instruction to pupils of a single gender.

I. YSA may refuse to admit any pupil expelled from another educational institution or in the process of being expelled from another educational institution.

J. YSA provides visits, tours, and observations of all classrooms by parents of enrolled pupils and parents who wish to enroll their children in YSA unless a visit, tour, or observation threatens the health and safety of pupils and staff.

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