Q: My kids are being told they can’t attend the school they been going to for the last 3 years just of where we live
My children been attending school in Lowell Indiana for 3 years now and this year being told they can’t attend because of where we live in Chicago we lost our place of residency and now we live with my mom temporarily and the school is telling my kids they can’t go there and I make sure they go every day. My younger son had a rare heart condition that causes missed days of school and when he doesn’t go my older child doesn’t go because I’m the only parent to get them there. They want to go to school but they won’t let them. My kids will not be going to a Chicago public school. The Lowell high school should not deny them to go since they been going . I need help please
A:
Under Indiana law, a student has a right to attend the public school in the attendance area of the school where the child has legal settlement. Legal settlement is determined by the address where the child resides.
Based on the information you provided, because you and your children now live in Illinois, the children have no right to attend a school in Indiana. The only way that your children could attend school in Indiana is if the school agrees to accept the students and you pay for their transfer tuition. I would not expect the school in Lowell, Indiana to accept students who live in a different state. If you move back to the Lowell school district, your students would once again have legal settlement and be entitled to attend school there.
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