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Is a public high school obligated to take a 15 year old

My son left the high school to attend an alternative school. He has been there 2 weeks but wants to go back to the high school. Does the high school have to take him back?

Question applies to ages: 15

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Summer Learning and Camps # of Thumbs Up Received (3)		 This is a question similar to "Does my doctor have to take me as a patient." It depends on a lot of factors. I am not sure where to begin, but I will try to help as best as I can with the information I have.

It depends on why your son enrolled in AE in the first place. Was he suspended? Was this a choice he made for himself?

A school does not have to take a student back into a program they were expelled from. They may choose not to take a student that has switched back and forth several times. It also depends on where the AE program was that your student enrolled in. Was it a different school district? Some schools may have a policy that determines that a student stays in the district where the money was sent to, i.e, if a student was enrolled in Bay High, and went to an alternative ed in Saginaw district, Bay High might not take the student back if they could not count this student for FTE ppurposes. (How schools get paid).

I would say as a parent, that if your student tried a different type of learning environment and did so without being asked to, they should be able to go back to the high school. Although this may not be in your students best interest as far as credits. Will this cause your student to be behind in work or risk not gaining credit. Then perhaps it would be best for them to finish the marking period and then transfer back. Warning for this though, some schools have a policy on how many credits can be earned from an alternative ed. program and if there was credit recovery occuring. I hope this helps. Good luck.

This website might provide better answers for you. michigan.gov/mde
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