5200.01 - FULL-TIME STUDENT
The School Board shall consider students to be full-time if they meet any of the following conditions:
High school students in grades 9-12 must be enrolled in classes or participating in Board-approved activities for the school day as defined by the District.
Middle school students in grades 6–8 must be scheduled for the entire school day as defined by the District.
Elementary school students in grades 4K–5 must be scheduled for the entire school day as defined by the District. Students in 4K/Early Childhood must be scheduled for four (4) days per week to be considered a full-time student.
Students with disabilities may be assigned less than the minimum program or class load and still be considered full-time if prescribed by their individualized educational program (IEP) team or Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Section 504 team. Included are children who are at least three (3) years old and who are receiving early childhood special education services.
Students enrolled in an alternative school/educational program, or other District-approved educational program or placement are considered full- time students. This includes, but is not limited to, any program or placement defined through a program or curriculum modification, programs for children at risk of not graduating from high school, school- age-parent programs, work-based learning programs, gifted programming, programming to remediate truancy, and programs leading to high school graduation or a high school equivalency diploma.
Resident students attending public school in other school districts under the full-time public school open enrollment law, a district-paid tuition agreement (including for special education needs) or a tuition waiver under section 121.84(4) of the state statutes are also considered a full- time students.