What if a particular student attends a school that has been identified for improvement, but has been assigned to that school by a court order for disciplinary reasons?
If a student is assigned to a particular school by a family court for child custody reasons and that school has been identified for improvement, the student could be eligible to transfer under the provisions in Title I. However, the student’s parent may not be able to exercise that option without first obtaining permission from the court to move his or her child. A student may be assigned to a particular school– e.g., an alternative school– by a juvenile court due to the student’s violent or criminal behavior or for disciplinary reasons sufficiently serious to justify placement in a particular learning environment. The district would likely need to limit or deny the choice option.
