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Board considers hardship-transfer exception to let displaced students remain in district

Nassau County School Board · December 8, 2025
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Summary

A board member proposed drafting a hardship-transfer policy to permit current Nassau students who move out of county because of traumatic life events to remain enrolled; the board directed staff to draft criteria and return with language for advertisement in January and a vote in February.

Board member Zimmerman proposed creating an exception policy to allow Nassau students who experience traumatic life events (for example parental divorce and relocation) to remain enrolled in Nassau County Schools on a case-by-case basis. "In situations where you have a student who's already in Nassau County Schools and they experience a life-altering event that is beyond their control, that…

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