P1220 Eligibility of Students on Special Assignment

Under authority granted by the Kansas State High School Activities Association, secondary principals have the authority, in general, to determine the eligibility of students on special assignment to participate in state sponsored activities. 

Administrative Implemental Procedures 

1. As a part of the request for special assignment, it is necessary to make a determination as to the student’s eligibility to participate in activities sponsored by the Kansas State High School Activities Association. 
   1. Health of student 
      When approved by both the sending and receiving principals, a student is immediately eligible to participate in state sponsored activities to the extent specified by a written statement signed by a licensed physician. 
   2. Discipline/behavior
      When, in the opinion of both principals, a student will be provided an opportunity to successfully adjust in another attendance center and thereby enhance the student’s educational growth, the student may be declared eligible immediately. Serious consideration should be given to the type of act or acts which prompted the recommendation of a special assignment from one school to another. 
   3. Special education programs 
      Special education students who are reassigned from one center to another will be declared eligible immediately upon approval of both principals. 
   4. Administrative recommendations 
      In the case of special assignment which originates at an administrative level other than at the school level, the principal of the receiving school shall make eligibility determination with approval of the appropriate Assistant Superintendent. 
   5. Other special programs 
      The principal of the receiving school shall determine the eligibility of students reassigned from an alternative school to the secondary school in which the lawful custodian(s) reside. 
2. Special assignment from one middle school to another 
   1. Eligibility, in general, shall be determined by the two principals involved when such requests for special assignment are approved. 
   2. Students who are reassigned from one middle school to another will be assigned to attend and be eligible at the high school attendance center in which the lawful custodian(s) reside unless: (1) both principals agree it would be in the best interest of the  student to permit the student to be eligible at another high school center, and (2) Assistant Superintendent(s) of the participating schools grants approval. 

Administrative Responsibility: Elementary and Secondary Education Offices 

Latest Revision Date: November 2007 

Previous Revision Date: March 1999 P1220 

Updated administratively for alignment purposes: November 2020 

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