1. PURPOSE AND PHILOSOPHY
   It is the desire of Weber School District (WSD) to ensure all students living within its boundaries receive educational services. WSD is committed to providing quality educational services to its students and will not deny any students living within its boundaries an opportunity to enroll in school.
   
   
2. POLICY
   Weber School District is responsible for providing educational services for each student who resides in the District’s boundaries and to the extent reasonably feasible and in accordance with the requirements of this Policy and statutory student residency requirements, for any student who resides in another district in the state and desires to attend a school in this District.
   
   
3. DEFINITIONS
   1. “Boundary Study” means a study initiated by the District Boundary Study Team at the direction of the Board when there is evidence a school boundary adjustment may be needed.
   2. “District Boundary Study Team” means members appointed by the superintendent/ or designee to serve on Local Boundary Study Teams; receive, assess, and incorporate community input from the Local Boundary Study Team; host open houses in which the public reviews presentations highlighting the process; and submit the recommendations to the Board for consideration. Members may include but are not limited to persons from the following list:
      1. Chaired by the Elementary and/or Secondary Executive Director(s)
      2. Community members from each of the affected schools
      3. Teachers from each of the affected schools
      4. Parent Teacher Representatives from each of the affected schools 
      5. Community Council Members from each of the affected schools
      6. Others as appointed by the superintendent
   3. “Special Enrollment Program” means a full-day academic program in which a parent opts to enroll the parent’s student and that is offered at a specifically designed school within the district, including:
      1. Gifted or advanced learning programs; or
      2. Dual language immersion programs.
         
         
4. ATTENDANCE AREA
   1. Attendance boundaries for the various levels of schools are designated to provide for the orderly control of the number of students assigned to a particular school. School attendance area boundaries shall be reviewed periodically by the administrative staff and recommendations made to the Board. This policy is to be used in conjunction with Policy 4160 Residency and Enrollment. 
   2. Attendance areas for the various schools of Weber County School District shall be developed. Considerations shall be given to the following:
      1. The proximity of students to an individual school
      2. Safety of students.
      3. Continuity of instructional programs.
      4. Functional capacity of the school.
      5. Effects on curriculum and extra-curricular activities
      6. Factors determined relevant by the Superintendent or Board of Education
         
         
5. SCHOOL BOUNDARY CHANGES/ SCHOOL CLOSURES
   1. Procedure
      1. Adjustment of School Boundaries
         1. The number of students assigned to each school shall be closely monitored. When there is evidence a school boundary adjustment may be needed, the Weber School District Board of Education shall authorize the Superintendent to form a District Boundary Study Team to organize and conduct a Boundary Study. After the study procedures are completed, recommendations will be presented to the Board.
      2. Before closing a school, changing the boundaries of a school, or changing or closing the location of a special enrollment program, the WSD board shall:
         1. At a local school board meeting, make and approve a motion to initiate the notification required under subsections V.A.2.ii. through v.;
         2. At least 90 days before the day in which the WSD board approves the school closure or at least 30 days before the day on which the Board approves a school boundary change, provide notice that the Board is considering the closure or boundary change to 
            1. Parents of students enrolled in the school, using the same form of communication the Board regularly uses to communicate with parents and also by mail, using the U.S. Postal Service, to the parents at each known address;
            2. Parents of students enrolled in other schools within the District that may be affected by the closure or boundary change, using the same form of communication the Board regularly uses to communicate with parents and also by mail, using the U.S. Postal Service, to the parents at each known address; and
            3. The governing council and the mayor of the municipality in which the school is located;
         3. Provide an opportunity for public comment on the proposed school closure during at least two public local Board meetings;
         4. Provide an opportunity for public comment on the proposed school boundary change during one public local Board meeting; and
         5. Hold a public hearing as defined in Utah Code 10-9a-103 and provide public notice of the public hearing described in section V.A.2.ii.
      3. The Board shall:
         1. ensure that the notice of public hearing required under subsection V.A.2.ii. indicates the:
            1. name of the school or schools under consideration for closure or boundary change; and
            2. the date, time, and location of the public hearing;
         2. if feasible, hold the public hearing at the location of the school that is under consideration for closure;
         3. for at least 10 days before the day on which the public hearing occurs, publish the notice of the public hearing for the District in which the school is located, as a class A notice under Utah Code 63G-30-102; and
         4. at least 30 days before the day on which the public hearing occurs, provide a notice of the public hearing in the same manner as the notice of consideration under V.A.2.ii.
      4. A motion made under section V.A.2.i. shall name each school under consideration for closure in a separate motion.
      5. For a school closure, the Board shall complete the process described in this section V on or before December 21 of the calendar year preceding the beginning of the school year in which the school closure takes effect.
      6. For a school boundary change:
         1. The Board shall complete the process described in section V no more than 60 days after the day on which the Board votes to approve the school closure.
         2. Parents of students enrolled in a school affected by a boundary change shall have at least 30 days after the day on which the Board votes to approve the school boundary change to request a boundary exception, please refer to Policy 4160 - Residency and Enrollment.

Updated 11/6/2024
Approved by the Board 03/2000