Code: JECBA
Amity School District 4J
Adopted: 8/24/88 Revised/Readopted: 4/11/90, 8/8/90, 5/12/93, 11/12/97
Admission of Exchange Students
In the interest of furthering better understanding and improving human relations among the students of the district and youth from all parts of the world, the Board encourages the high school to participate in student foreign exchange programs.
Exchange students should meet the regulations and expectations of local students, including the immunization requirements.
A high school diploma may be awarded at the regular commencement exercises to all foreign exchange students who successfully meet the necessary academic requirements during the year in which they attend.
Exchange students will be encouraged to participate in all activities, and will be eligible to participate in interscholastic athletics, provided academic requirements and Oregon School Activities Association criteria are met.
The district will accept exchange students from other nations on a J-1 Visa who reside within the district as participants in an exchange program officially recognized by the Board. Exchange students on a J-1 Visa are not required to pay tuition.
Privately sponsored exchange students on an F-1 Visa may be enrolled if an adult resident of the district has been given temporary guardianship and the student lives in the home of that guardian. Exchange students on an F-1 Visa are required to pay tuition at the established district rate. F-1 student admission is limited to secondary schools and attendance may not exceed 12 months.
The district will accept a maximum of six (6) students, two (2) from any approved program, in those exchange programs approved by the superintendent. The students may be enrolled in any of the high school programs.
Application for permission to operate must be filed with the superintendent’s office by July 1.
END OF POLICY
Legal Reference(s):
ORS 339.133 ORS 433.267 OAR 581-022-1130
Illegal Immigration and Immigration Reform Act of 1996, 8 U.S.C. Sections 1101, 1221, 1252, 1324, 1363, 1367.
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