13-28-41. Request for transfer--Nonresident child excused from attending in another district--Nonresident child provided with alternative instruction. A school district shall grant a request for a transfer into the district or within the district unless the transfer would result in an inability to provide a quality educational program based on criteria established by the district pursuant to §13-28-44.In addition, a school district shall grant a request to admit into the district a child who is a resident of another school district and who is excused from attending school in the resident district pursuant to §13-27-2, or is a child provided with alternative instruction pursuant to § 13-27-3, unless admitting the nonresident child would result in an inability to provide a quality educational program based on criteria established by the district pursuant to §13-28-44. Source: SL 1997, ch 98, §2; SL 2007, ch 101, §3; SL 2021, ch 76, § 16.
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