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Duluth policy committee updates intradistrict transfer rules, proposes 90% attendance requirement
Summary
The Duluth Public School District committee advanced a first reading of renumbered Policy 5.42 to align transfer processes with current practice, proposing Enrollment Center routing, earlier deadlines, a 90% attendance benchmark at boundary schools, a 15-day decision window, and clarified appeal procedures.
The Duluth Public School District policy committee on Feb. 12 reviewed a first reading of a revised intradistrict transfer policy that would tighten procedures for students who seek to attend a different school or program within the district.
Brenda Sparks, the district’s director of elementary schools, told the committee the draft renumbers the rule as Policy 5.42, routes requests through the district Enrollment Center and updates language to match Minnesota Department of Education guidance and current district practice. "We added the Enrollment Center in here," Sparks said, noting staff surveyed other districts and principals to shape the changes.
Sparks said the regulation would move key deadlines earlier so transfer requests can be considered during course and staffing planning: the secondary deadline shifts from April 30 to Feb. 1, a Dec. 1 deadline is added for…
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