The Pine-Richland Board operates the schools for the benefit of children residing in Pine and Richland Townships, who are eligible to attend. The Board may permit the admission of nonresident students only in accordance with terms of this policy.
Board Policy # 202, rev. April 24, 2000

• Future Residents
• Former Residents (Seniors; Underclassmen; Continued Attendance)
• Nonresident Children Placed in the District or Inmates of Institutions
• Other Nonresident Students

The Board reserves the right to verify the residency of any student and to require a sworn statement of residential support for the student who resides with a person other than his/her parent, guardian or custodian.

A student whose parent has executed a contract to buy, build or rent a residence in this district for occupancy by the end of a semester may be enrolled without payment of tuition for one (1) semester or an equivalent of ninety (90) school days from the date of enrollment. NO FURTHER WAIVER OF TUITION WILL BE PERMITTED AFTER NINETY (90) DAYS. Continued enrollment after ninety (90) days shall be on a tuition basis until proof of occupancy is presented. Tuition will be payable on the ninety-first (91st) day until the day of anticipated day of occupancy.

Senior students - A senior whose family moves out of the district after completing 11th grade may finish the senior year without paying tuition. Transportation to and from school will be the responsibility of the student's family.

Underclassmen (K-11) - A student, whose family moves out of the district during the school term, may complete the current semester without paying tuition. Transportation to and from school will be the responsibility of the student's family.

Continued attendance (Grades 9-12) - Continued attendance is an option only for students in grades 9-12, and only on a full tuition basis. The state approved tuition rate, which may vary from year to year, will be used to calculate the tuition amount. Tuition will be payable, in advance, by the first day of each semester. Additional costs associated with the student's program in the school district shall also be borne by the parents.

Transportation to and from school will be the responsibility of the student's family.

This option is available only to families who have lived in the school district for at least one (1) year prior to moving.

Any child placed in the home of a resident of this district by a court or an agency of government shall be admitted to the schools and shall receive the same benefits and be subject to the same duties as resident children.

A child who is an inmate of an institution for the care or training of children located within this district, is not a legal resident of the district by such placement, but shall be admitted to the schools of this district and a charge shall be made for tuition in accordance with statute.

A nonresident student may be admitted to this district without payment of tuition where attendance is justified on the grounds that the student lives full-time and not just for the school year with district residents who have assumed legal guardianship of the student and support the child gratis as if it was his/her own or is visiting this country as an exchange student and lives in the district.

The Pine-Richland School District will not exclude any child, otherwise eligible, on the basis of such child's race, creed, gender or national origin.