Grades K-5
Consistent with school board rules and in accordance with state statute 1012.28 (5) F.S., the Superintendent has designated the principal of the school as the final authority in the placement of students in programs or classes. Parents/legal guardians may discuss a placement with school officials and ask for an explanation of the placement, and they may review the evidence the school used to make the placement. Parents/legal guardians cannot determine a student’s placement, unless otherwise provided by law, as in the case of a placement in a program for exceptional students or a dropout prevention program.
Students Retained Two or More Years
An alternative placement must be offered for a student who has been retained two or more years. The alternative placement shall provide the student with intensive, differentiated instruction designed to remediate the student’s academic deficiencies and shall include opportunities for the student to be placed in small group instructional settings. The alternative placement will, under most circumstances, be at the student’s home zoned school but may involve placement at a district-designated site. The alternative placement may not be a placement in a regular program at a higher grade.
