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Which campuses and school districts are required to offer public school choice?

School districts receiving federal funds under Title I, Part A are required to make choice available to all students who are enrolled in Title I campuses if their campus has been identified as in school improvement.

The school district is responsible for paying all or a portion of the transportation necessary for students to attend their new campuses, subject to the limitations in statute.

Which EPISD campuses are required to offer public school choice because of school improvement?

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Which students are eligible to change campuses under the Title I public school choice provisions?

All students enrolled in Title I campuses identified for school improvement, corrective action, or restructuring are eligible to transfer to another public school campus within the district that is not in school improvement.

This requirement for all students applies whether the campus in which a child is enrolled administers Title I as a school wide program or as a targeted assistance program. The only exception applies in the situations when there are no other campuses in the district (or outside the district) to which students could transfer.

In the case of a campus that operates a targeted assistance program, all students in the campus, not just those receiving Title I services, must have the opportunity to change campuses.

Is there any priority for students to be allowed to transfer under the Title I public school choice option?

The school district must give all students in a campus identified for improvement the opportunity to transfer to another public school. In implementing this option to transfer, however, there may be circumstances in which the school district needs to give priority to the lowest-achieving children from low-income families. For example, if not all students can attend their first choice of campuses, a school district would give first priority in assigning spaces to the low-achieving low-income students. Similarly, if a school district does not have sufficient funding to provide transportation to all students who wish to transfer, it would apply this priority in determining which students can receive transportation.

How long must a school district continue to offer students in eligible Title I campuses the option to attend another public school?

The school district must offer choice to all students in an eligible Title I campus until the campus is no longer identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring, i.e., until the campus makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for two consecutive years.

How long must students who change campuses be allowed to attend the campus of their choice?

If an eligible student exercises the option to transfer to another public school campus, the school district must permit the student to remain in that campus until he or she has completed the highest grade in the campus. However, the school district is no longer obligated to provide transportation for the student after the end of the school year in which the student’s campus of origin is no longer identified for school improvement, corrective action, or restructuring.

Students eligible to use the school choice option and students who used it.

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The El Paso ISD does not discriminate in its educational programs or employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, military status, or on any other basis prohibited by law. Inquiries concerning the application of Titles VI, VII, IX and Section 504 may be referred to the district compliance officer, Vincent Sheffield, at 881-2619; Section 504 inquiries regarding students may be referred to Cecilia Whiteman at 881-2527.

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