Regulation 5110-4

Admission

Transfers from Other Districts

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Original publish date: 05/25/2010
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A student is eligible to attend the Lincoln Public Schools upon transferring from other districts or schools if the student is a legal resident of the Lincoln Public School District or otherwise meets requirements for admission to the District.

1. An eligible student shall be placed by the school principal into a program which best matches the student’s immediate experience in the preceding school.  When an appropriate placement is not clear, the student may be referred to the Office of Student Services for placement.
2. Grade placement or credit granted to transfer students shall be subject to the following:
   • The credit earned in any other school which is accredited by the regional accrediting agency or is approved by the State of Nebraska will be accepted by the Lincoln secondary school which the student enters,
   • The incoming student may establish grade placement by examination, in lieu of a transcript, at the discretion of the principal,
   • College and university credit earned in an accredited institution of higher learning shall be transferable to apply as high school credit,
   • Credit earned from an international school or a school not accredited or approved shall be entered on the Lincoln Public Schools cumulative scholarship card with a grade of S (Satisfactory) or U (Unsatisfactory).  Appropriate placement of the student will be determined by the principal of the receiving school. When credit from a non-approved or non-accredited school is entered It will be reflected in the student’s high school transcript.
   • In order to receive a Lincoln Public Schools’ diploma, a transfer student must have earned a minimum of one year’s credit in an approved or accredited high school with the final semester’s credits being earned in a Lincoln Public Schools high school.