Photocopies should be made for communication and coordination of the necessary information with Applicants and Schools.

When completing applications for the Enrollment Option Program, applicants and school officials should be aware of the following dates:
September 1: Earliest date for submitting applications for the next school year.
March 15: Deadline for filing applications unless a waiver of dates is granted.
April 1: On or before this date, the Option District must inform the Resident District of all names of applications.
April 1: Final date for option district to respond to the application.

Note: Enrollment Option is available only once to each student prior to graduation except that an option does not count toward that limitation if it meets, or met at the time of the option, one of the following criteria: (a) The student relocates to a different resident school district, (b) the option school district merges with another district, (c) the option school district is a Class I district, (d) the student will have completed either the grades offered in the school building originally attended in the option school district or the grades immediately preceding the lowest grade offered in the school building for which a new option is sought, (e) the option would allow the student to continue current enrollment in a school district, (f) the option would allow the student to enroll in a school district in which the student was previously enrolled as a student, or (g) the student is an open enrollment option student. 79-237-246 R.R.S.
If this form is completed between September 1st and March 15th, please file with the School District you wish to Option into. If after March 15th, application MUST be accompanied by a WRITTEN release (waiver) from an authorized official of the Resident District or Section 2 must be completed by the resident school district, unless the student relocated after February 1st. The Resident and Option School Districts should retain this form until the student completes school or cancels the Enrollment Option.

NSAA Eligibility: “Potential applicants should consult with officials of the Nebraska School Activity Association (NSAA) to determine a student’s eligibility for participation in extracurricular activities if a student is or may be participating in any activities sponsored by the NSAA.”

Special Education Capacity: If a child has an IEP or has been identified as a child with with a disability, the application will be evaluated by the director of special education services or designee who must determine if the school district and the appropriate class, grade level, or school building has the capacity to provide the applicant the appropriate services and accommodations. FERPA permits the release of education records when a student seeks or intends to enroll in a different school district.

DEFINITIONS:
Option School District: A public school district the student chooses to attend other than his or her resident school district.

Option Student: A student that has chosen to attend an option school district, including an open enrollment option student or a student who resides in a learning community and began attendance as an option student in an option school district in such learning community prior to the end of the first full school year for which the option school district will be a member of such learning community, but, for school years prior to school year 2017-18, but not including a student who resides in a learning community and who attends pursuant to section 79-2110 another school district in such learning community.

Resident School District: The public school district in which a student resides, or attends as a resident student.