Out of District Transfers
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The state Department of Education requires that the following form be completed to apply for a transfer: Student Transfer Form. Parents who need access to technology to print or complete the form, or those wishing to fill out a paper copy, can visit the Enrollment Center, located at 202 East Broadway.
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Forms can be emailed to: cherie.vanlandingham@owassops.
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Forms can be mailed to:
Owasso Public Schools
Attn: Cherie Vanlandingham
1501 N. Ash
Owasso OK 74055
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Owasso Public Schools will begin accepting transfer applications for the 2022-23 school year on May 1, 2022. Decisions about transfers for the 2022-23 school year will be made after July 1, 2022, once capacity data has been determined for each grade level and site within the school district. We will contact parents directly about the approval status of their child’s transfer.
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Mid-year transfer requests will be considered within 10 days of the district receiving the application.
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New transfers are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Students who attended the district on a transfer during the 2021-22 school year will be automatically accepted pending approval from the district. The law also gives preference to children of active-duty military personnel.
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To accept a transfer, enrollment in the grade the parent requests must be under the district-established capacity. The district’s capacity and vacancy numbers for each grade and school can be found below.
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Transfers may be denied based on capacity, attendance and/or discipline issues.
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Transfers for siblings must be considered separately.
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If the grade a student requests is overcapacity, he/she will be offered the opportunity to be placed on a waiting list.
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Transfer students must abide by eligibility requirements established by the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association (OSSAA) for OSSAA-sanctioned activities.
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If a transfer request is denied by the administration, the parent or legal guardian of the student may appeal the denial within ten (10) days of notification of denial to the Board of Education. The Board of Education shall consider the appeal at its next regularly scheduled board meeting if notice is provided prior to the statutory deadline for posting the agenda for the meeting. For more information on the appeal process, please review the district’s student transfer policy below.
Class Capacities (As of April 1, 2022)
Grade | Capacity | Current Enrollment | Available Openings |
Pre-K | 40 | 39 | 1 |
Kindergarten | 60 | 57 | 3 |
1st Grade | 60 | 57 | 3 |
2nd Grade | 60 | 67 | 0 |
3rd Grade | 60 | 61 | 0 |
4th Grade | 80 | 72 | 8 |
5th Grade | 60 | 61 | 0 |
Grade | Capacity | Current Enrollment | Available Openings |
Pre-K | 40 | 34 | 6 |
Kindergarten | 60 | 66 | 0 |
1st Grade | 60 | 64 | 0 |
2nd Grade | 60 | 62 | 0 |
3rd Grade | 80 | 92 | 0 |
4th Grade | 80 | 70 | 10 |
5th Grade | 80 | 89 | 0 |
Grade | Capacity | Current Enrollment | Available Openings |
Pre-K | 40 | 30 | 10 |
Kindergarten | 80 | 82 | 0 |
1st Grade | 80 | 81 | 0 |
2nd Grade | 80 | 83 | 0 |
3rd Grade | 80 | 87 | 0 |
4th Grade | 80 | 89 | 0 |
5th Grade | 80 | 93 | 0 |
Grade | Capacity | Current Enrollment | Available Openings |
Pre-K | 40 | 38 | 2 |
Kindergarten | 80 | 84 | 0 |
1st Grade | 80 | 72 | 8 |
2nd Grade | 80 | 83 | 0 |
3rd Grade | 80 | 80 | 0 |
4th Grade | 80 | 94 | 0 |
5th Grade | 80 | 99 | 0 |
Grade | Capacity | Current Enrollment | Available Openings |
Pre-K | 40 | 40 | 0 |
Kindergarten | 80 | 71 | 9 |
1st Grade | 60 | 70 | 0 |
2nd Grade | 60 | 62 | 0 |
3rd Grade | 80 | 80 | 0 |
4th Grade | 60 | 70 | 0 |
5th Grade | 80 | 79 | 1 |
Grade | Capacity | Current Enrollment | Available Openings |
Pre-K | 40 | 41 | 0 |
Kindergarten | 100 | 107 | 0 |
1st Grade | 80 | 93 | 0 |
2nd Grade | 80 | 94 | 0 |
3rd Grade | 80 | 75 | 5 |
4th Grade | 80 | 95 | 0 |
5th Grade | 80 | 90 | 0 |
Grade | Capacity | Current Enrollment | Available Openings |
Pre-K | 40 | 26 | 14 |
Kindergarten | 80 | 80 | 0 |
1st Grade | 60 | 62 | 0 |
2nd Grade | 80 | 68 | 12 |
3rd Grade | 80 | 81 | 0 |
4th Grade | 80 | 77 | 3 |
5th Grade | 60 | 77 | 0 |
Grade | Capacity | Current Enrollment | Available Openings |
Pre-K | 40 | 32 | 8 |
Kindergarten | 60 | 65 | 0 |
1st Grade | 60 | 61 | 0 |
2nd Grade | 60 | 73 | 0 |
3rd Grade | 60 | 55 | 5 |
4th Grade | 60 | 58 | 2 |
5th Grade | 60 | 68 | 0 |
Grade | Capacity | Current Enrollment | Available Openings |
Pre-K | 40 | 46 | 0 |
Kindergarten | 100 | 108 | 0 |
1st Grade | 100 | 105 | 0 |
2nd Grade | 80 | 88 | 0 |
3rd Grade | 80 | 90 | 0 |
4th Grade | 80 | 96 | 0 |
5th Grade | 80 | 98 | 0 |
Capacity | Current Enrollment | Available Openings |
750 | 736 | 14 |
Capacity | Current Enrollment | Available Openings |
750 | 746 | 4 |
Capacity | Current Enrollment | Available Openings |
750 | 765 | 0 |
Grade | Capacity | Current Enrollment | Available Openings |
9th Grade | 750 | 777 | 0 |
10th Grade | 725 | 722 | 3 |
11th Grade | 725 | 717 | 8 |
12th Grade | 700 | 684 | 16 |
Student Transfer Policy 5.20
Transfers that have previously been approved by the school district will remain in effect for future school years unless the district provides notification to the parent or legal guardian that the transfer is not going to be continued for an upcoming school year due to capacity, disciplinary action or attendance issues. The district will not require parents to resubmit a new application each school year and will advance the previous application of an enrolled student amending only the grade placement of the student.
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The district has the capacity to accept the student at the grade level at the school site;
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The transferring student has not been disciplined for:
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violation of a school regulation,
- possession of an intoxicating beverage, low-point beer, as defined by Section 163.2 of Title 37 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or missing or stolen property if the property is reasonably suspected to have been taken from a student, a school employee, or the school during school activities, or
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possession of a dangerous weapon or a controlled dangerous substance while on or within two thousand (2,000) feet of public school property, or at a school event, as defined in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act.
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The transferring student does not have a history of absences. “History of absences” means ten or more absences in one semester that are not excused for the reasons provided in 70 O.S. § 10-105 or due to illness.
The Superintendent, or his or her designee, shall report to the Board of Education the capacity for transfer students at each grade level and each school site. The number of authorized teaching positions, classrooms available, class size at each grade level and each site, and/or other such factors shall be reported to the Board when determining the capacities at each site. After review of the report, the Board shall approve the capacity for transfer students at each grade level and each school site as it deems appropriate. The Superintendent, or his or her designee, shall report to OSDE and publish on the district website the capacities determined by the Board.
A student shall be allowed to transfer to a district in which the parent or legal guardian of the student is employed as a teacher as per 70 O.S. § 8-113.
The school district shall enroll transfer students in the order in which they submit their applications. If the number of student transfer applications exceeds the capacity of the district, the district shall select transfer students in the order in which the district received the application.
Students who are the dependent children of a member of the active uniformed military services of the United States on full-time active-duty status and students who are the dependent children of the military reserve on active duty orders shall be eligible for admission to the school district regardless of capacity of the district. Students shall be eligible for military transfer if:
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At least one parent of the student has a Department of Defense issued identification card; and
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At least one parent can provide evidence that he or she will be on active-duty status or active-duty orders, meaning the parent will be temporarily transferred in compliance with official orders to another location in support of combat, contingency operation or a national disaster requiring the use of orders for more than thirty (30) consecutive days.
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Determine whether the district currently has appropriate programs, staff, services, and placement needed to fulfill the current or anticipated IEP or Section 504 Accommodation Plan of the student; and
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If a preliminary determination is made that the district has the appropriate programs, staff, services, and placement needed to fulfill the current IEP or Section 504 Accommodation Plan of the student if the transfer application is approved, conduct the statutorily-required joint IEP or Section 504 conference with the district of residence before a final determination of approval or denial is made. Notwithstanding the provisions of this policy, students with disabilities may be educated in this district pursuant to special education cooperative agreements between this district and other school districts. Such transfers will not be deemed to be parent-initiated or student-initiated transfer applications governed by this policy.
If a transfer request is denied by the administration, the parent or legal guardian of the student may appeal the denial within ten (10) days of notification of denial to the Board of Education. The Board of Education shall consider the appeal at its next regularly scheduled board meeting if notice is provided prior to the statutory deadline for posting the agenda for the meeting. If notice is after the deadline for posting, the board may consider the appeal at a special meeting of the Board of Education.
Appeal process: The appeal must be submitted in writing by the parent or legal guardian to the office of the Superintendent of Owasso Public Schools. This will be a paper appeal and will include the written documentation utilized by the school district as well as a written response from the parent or legal guardian which explains why he or she believes the policy was not followed. During the appeal, the board will review the action of the administration to make sure that the district policy was followed with regard to the denial of the transfer. The Board of Education will meet in an executive session to review the educational records of the student. If the policy was not followed, the Board of Education shall vote to overturn the denial and the transfer will be granted.
If the Board of Education votes to uphold the denial of the transfer, the parent or legal guardian may appeal the denial within ten (10) days of the notification of the appeal denial to the State Board of Education. The parent or legal guardian shall submit to the State Board of Education and to the superintendent of the district, a notice of appeal on the form prescribed by the State Board of Education.
A student who enrolls in a school district in which the student is not a resident shall not be eligible to participate in school-related extramural athletic competition governed by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association for a period of one (1) year from the first day of attendance at the receiving school unless the transfer is from a school district which does not offer the grade the student is entitled to pursue as per 70 O.S. § 8-103.2.
REFERENCE: 70 O.S. §1-114, 70 O.S. §1-113, 70 O.S. §5-117.1, 70 O.S. §8-101, et seq., 70 O.S. §24-101, et seq.; §24-102, Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, Atty. Gen. Op. No. 87-134, April 1, 1988.