This bill amends the laws governing student school transfers by:
1. Consolidating the provisions regarding elementary school transfers and secondary school transfers into one section of law;
2. Requiring notification of accepted transfers to parents and guardians and the sending school administrative unit and amending decision review procedures;
3. Establishing requirements regarding school capacity for transfer students and requiring school administrative units to report to the Commissioner of Education annually the number of transfer applications, acceptances and denials and the reason for each denial;
4. Requiring that a school administrative unit's transfer policy not discriminate against any student on the basis of that student's residential address, ability, disability, race, ethnicity, sex or socioeconomic status;
5. Requiring school boards of 2 or more school administrative units that wish to allow the transfer of students among the participating units to adopt mutual policies that set forth procedures and standards governing the transfers and requiring members of an education service center to adopt a mutual policy allowing the transfer of students among the member school administrative units; and
6. Requiring the commissioner to adopt rules to ensure that homeless students have unrestricted access to free public education.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1760, HP 1178: 20-A.1258, 20-A.1479, 20-A.5203, 20-A.5204, 20-A.5205