Unless otherwise required by law, the Bismarck R-V School District does not accept nonresident students. A nonresident student shall be defined as a student who does not meet the requirements to be a resident student of the Bismarck R-V School District, as defined in Board policies and the law. Nonresident students admitted pursuant to the following exceptions or as otherwise mandated by law will not be required to file for a waiver of residency.
The following nonresident students will be admitted and are exempt from complete or partial tuition charges.
I. Children placed by the department of mental health, the department of social services, or by court ordered in facilities or programs located within the district will be admitted even if the child's domicile is in another district.
The district is entitled to local tax effort from each student's domiciliary district. The district may, if such funds are available and pursuant to law, receive payment from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) for such students in lieu of the local tax effort payments from the domiciliary district.
2. Orphaned children, as defined by the courts, who have a permanent or temporary home within the school district may attend school without paying tuition.
3. Children with only one (I) living parent who have a permanent or temporary home within the school district may attend school without paying tuition.
4. Children whose parents do not contribute anything to their support and are unable to pay tuition, and who have a permanent or temporary home within the school district, may attend school without paying tuition.
5. Children whose parents or guardians pay school taxes on property in the school district but do not live in the district may attend school in the district on a tuition/tax credit basis. School taxes paid to the school district by the parents or guardians of nonresident students shall be deducted from the tuition charge applicable to the school term or fractional part thereof, concurrent with the calendar year in which the taxes are paid. The tax credit will be prorated among the number of students per family attending the district's schools. A tax statement must be submitted to the appropriate administrator before a student can be admitted.
6. Children whose parents or guardians own real estate of which 80 acres or more are used for agricultural purposes and upon which their residence is situated may attend school, without paying tuition, in any district in which a part of such real estate, contiguous to that upon which his or her residence is situated, lies, provided that guardians are required to send notification by June 30 to all school districts involved specifying which district their children will attend. If notification is not received, such children shall attend the school in which the majority of the parent or guardian's property lies. Attendance at any other district will require the payment of tuition.
The district may admit nonresident students pursuant to a contractual arrangement, the Enrollment Option Act or as otherwise permitted by law. A nonresident student enrolled pursuant to an enrollment option program shall be counted as a resident pupil for the purpose of determining state aid.
In the event the Board allows nonresident teachers employed by the district to send their children to the district, such children will be considered resident students for the purpose of determining average daily attendance. The Board shall not solicit or receive money from a teacher employed by the district for the purpose of paying tuition or any other expenses of the operation of schools. Furthermore, the Board may allow nonresident regular employees of the district to send their children to the district and consider them resident students for the purposes of determining average daily attendance.
Foreign exchange students sponsored by an organization listed on the Council on Standards for International Education Travel (CSIET) Advisory List who are living within the boundaries of the school district may enroll in the school district. Students residing in the district F-1 immigration status must reimburse the school for the unsubsidized per capita cost of education.
Residency Option for Seniors
A student who does not live in the district may be allowed to continue enrollment at Bismarck R-V High School as a senior if he or she had attended Bismarck R-V High School beginning with the second semester of the junior year and/or one ( 1) semester of attendance and had not violated the Bismarck R-V High School attendance policy.