Policy 5110

Admission

Admission Procedures

Reviewed and affirmed by the Board:  2025-06-24
Last Revision: 2025-06-25
Original publish date: 2010-05-25
Related policies & regulations:  3320, 5110-1
Legal references:  79-215, 79-216 42 U.S.C. § 11431 et. seq. (McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act) NDE Rule 19

 

Students shall be admitted to the Lincoln Public Schools who are:

1. Legal residents of the District for purposes of school enrollment.  A student is a resident of the school district where they reside or any school district where at least one of their parents reside.
2. Wards of the state or court and are living within the District.  If the student is residing in a foster home and was residing in another district at the time the student became a foster child, admission is subject to the condition that the person or court in charge of the child determines, in accordance with the Foster Care Review Act, that the child attend the District.
3. Living in a residential setting in the District for reasons other than to receive an education who are not wards of the state or court if the residential setting does not maintain an interim-program school.  In such circumstances, the District will contract with the school district in which the student resided immediately prior to residing in the residential setting and provide educational services to the student pursuant to a contract with such other school district as and to the extent required by law.
4. If a parent presents evidence to the District of military orders that the military family will be stationed in the State of Nebraska during the current or following school year, and the parent resides in or is stationed on federally owned property within the boundaries of the District, the District will enroll preliminarily the parent’s students, including any such student that has an Individualized Education Plan, a 504 Plan, or otherwise receives special education services.  
5. Approved for option enrollment.
6. Homeless students as and to the extent required by federal and state law.

A student may be admitted who is:

1. A nonresident of the District who is a resident of Nebraska.  Such enrollment shall be pursuant to a contract between the Boards of Education of the District and the resident school district and upon the collection of tuition pursuant to such contract.
2. A nonresident of the District who is a resident of another state.  Such enrollment shall be subject to collection of tuition in advance at a rate determined by the Lincoln Board of Education.
3. Participating in an approved International Student Exchange Program.

In cases of denial of admission, applicants shall be informed of appeal procedures.