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Registration must be done at the attendance area school.  Students are assigned to a school by their custodial parent/legal guardian’s residence address.  

The legal custodial parent or caregiver should accompany a student to register the student in school.  Parents/guardians/caregivers registering students must be the parent on the birth certificate, must have custody documents from the court or notarized affidavit.  The person bringing the student to be registered for school is the person who can withdraw that student at a later time unless legally acceptable arrangements are made for someone else to do so.

Parents/guardian/caregiver must bring the following items with them when registering a student: parent/guardian-valid picture ID (license, work ID, military); child’s birth certificate; child’s social security card; withdrawal form/report card; child’s immunization records (Georgia Form 3231).  Note: We will request records from previous school; however, we must have all documentation to complete registration.

Residency must also be established to enroll the student.  TWO PROOFS OF RESIDENCE SUCH AS ANY TWO OF THE FOLLOWING must be presented upon registration:

  1. Copy of receipt for monthly rental/mortgage payment.
  2. Copy of rental agreement/mortgage payment.
  3. Copy of water, telephone, or cable bill.
  4. Copy of property tax bill. 
  5. Copy of home owner’s insurance policy/receipt.
  6. Income tax form with your address.

If family (and child) lives with a person who rents or owns the home, an affidavit or notarized statement from renter or owner to the effect that the family (and child) lives with them, is required.  School personnel may verify this information.

If legal custody of a child is split between two parents, in addition to the documents listed above, the school needs a certified copy of the most recent court order identifying each parent’s respective award of physical custody.  Parents are responsible to immediately inform the school of any changes to the court order.

Withdrawal from School

Any student leaving school permanently should be withdrawn by the person who registered the student in school or make legally acceptable arrangements for someone else to withdraw the student.  Students between the ages of 16 and 18 must have written permission from a parent/guardian to withdraw.

Parents and students must attend a conference with the principal/designee prior to withdrawal.

Transfer

See the administrators at the school where the student is currently enrolled for current guidelines concerning transfers.

Change of Address

If a student is already enrolled in Emanuel County Schools, and changes residence within the county at any time during the year, the parent/guardian must also fill out an Address Verification Form.  Schools must have this form before changing any addresses on students.

ADMISSION OF SUSPENDED/EXPELLED STUDENTS

A placement committee will determine whether students returning from a Regional Youth Detention Center will be placed at their home schools or in the Alternative Program.

The position of the Emanuel County Board of Education that the admission into the school system of a resident student who has been suspended from another school system for disciplinary reasons may have an immediate and direct adverse impact upon the discipline or general welfare of the school. 

In accordance with Georgia law, the Board reserves the right and may decide not to admit a resident student to the school system who has been suspended or expelled from another school system during the period of suspension or expulsion. This includes students enrolling from Youth Detention Centers (YDC).  

ADMISSION OF STUDENTS THAT MAY BE CHARGED WITH A FELONY

Expulsion or suspension of students for felonies; alternative education system policy §20-2-768

(a)Each local board of education is authorized to refuse to readmit or enroll any student who has been suspended or expelled for being convicted of, being adjudicated to have committed, being indicted for, or having information filed for the commission of any felony or any delinquent act under Code Sections 15-11-602 and 15-11-707 which would be a felony if committed by an adult. If refused readmission or enrollment, the student or the student’s parent or legal guardian has the right to request a hearing pursuant to the procedures provided in Code Section 20-2-754.

(b) A hearing officer, tribunal, panel, superintendent, or local board of education shall be authorized to place a student denied enrollment in a local school system under subsection (a0 of this Code section in an alternative educational system as appropriate and in the best interest of the student and the education of other students within the school system. 

(c)It is the policy of this state that it is preferable to reassign disruptive students to alternative educational settings rather than to suspend or expel such students from school.