Unless otherwise required by law, this district does not accept non-resident students.
Admission of Residents from Unaccredited School Districts
In accordance with Missouri law and Board Regulation, the District will accept transfer students from school districts in its same or adjoining counties that are declared unaccredited by the State of Missouri.
Residency Option for Seniors
A student who does not live in the District may be allowed to continue enrollment at West County High School as a Senior if he/she had attended West County High School beginning with the second semester of the Junior year and/or one (1) semester of attendance and had not violated the West County High School attendance policy.
Admission of Students Assigned to Residential Treatment Facilities
The District will provide educational services for students who are domiciled in another school district but have been lawfully placed in a residential treatment facility located in the District. Such students may reside within a residential treatment facility within the District because of:
For purposes of this Policy, the domicile of such students is the school district where the students would have been educated but for admission to a facility/program within the District.
The District will pay an amount equal to the average sum produced per student by the local tax effort of the District to the school district where the District domiciled students are placed for treatment for any period of placement exceeding three (3) days. The District will pay this sum directly to the school district within which the facility/program is located.
Where the District is the site of the residential facility program for a student domiciled elsewhere, the District will send a written voucher for payment to that school. If such voucher is not paid within ninety (90) days, the District will notify DESE. DESE is required to deduct the voucher sum from any state financial aid due to the domicile district. DESE will then forward the deducted voucher sum to the District.
In cases where the placement of a nonresident student under this Policy is in a publicly contracted residential facility, DESE shall pay the District the amount of per-pupil costs which exceed the amount received from the domiciliary district. Any other sums received by the District for serving such students will reduce the balance due.
Where a residential facility located within the District provide residence for three (3) or more students, whose domicile is not within the State of Missouri, such students may be admitted to District programs on a contractual basis between the District and appropriate agency in the domiciliary state. Such contracts will not place any financial burden on the District, its taxpayers or the State of Missouri.