§ 3202. Public schools free to resident pupils; tuition from\nnonresident pupils. 1. A person over five and under twenty-one years of\nage who has not received a high school diploma is entitled to attend the\npublic schools maintained in the district in which such person resides\nwithout the payment of tuition. Provided further that such person may\ncontinue to attend the public school in such district in the same\nmanner, if temporarily residing outside the boundaries of the district\nwhen relocation to such temporary residence is a consequence of such\nperson's parent or person in parental relationship being called to\nactive military duty, other than training. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law to the contrary, the school district shall not be\nrequired to provide transportation between a temporary residence located\noutside of the school district and the school the child attends. A\nveteran of any age who shall have served as a member of the armed forces\nof the United States and who (a) shall have been discharged therefrom\nunder conditions other than dishonorable, or (b) has a qualifying\ncondition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and\nhas received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from\nsuch service, or (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section\none of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other\nthan bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, may attend any of\nthe public schools of the state upon conditions prescribed by the board\nof education, and such veterans shall be included in the pupil count for\nstate aid purposes. A nonveteran under twenty-one years of age who has\nreceived a high school diploma shall be permitted to attend classes in\nthe schools of the district in which such person resides or in a school\nof a board of cooperative educational services upon payment of tuition\nunder such terms and conditions as shall be established in regulations\npromulgated by the commissioner; provided, however, that a school\ndistrict may waive the payment of tuition for such nonveteran, but in\nany case such a nonveteran who has received a high school diploma shall\nnot be counted for any state aid purposes. Nothing herein contained\nshall, however, require a board of education to admit a child who\nbecomes five years of age after the school year has commenced unless his\nor her birthday occurs on or before the first of December.\n 1-a. No pupil over the compulsory attendance age in his or her school\ndistrict shall be dropped from enrollment unless he or she has been\nabsent twenty consecutive school days and the following procedure is\ncomplied with: The principal or superintendent shall schedule and\nnotify, in writing and at the last known address, both the student and\nthe person in parental relation to the student of an informal\nconference. At the conference the principal or superintendent shall\ndetermine both the reasons for the pupil's absence and whether\nreasonable changes in the pupil's educational program would encourage\nand facilitate his or her re-entry or continuance of study. The pupil\nand the person in parental relation shall be informed orally and in\nwriting of the pupil's right to re-enroll at any time in the public\nschool maintained in the district where he or she resides, if otherwise\nqualified under this section. If the pupil and the person in parental\nrelationship fail, after reasonable notice, to attend the informal\nconference, the pupil may be dropped from enrollment provided that he or\nshe and the person in parental relation are notified in writing of the\nright to re-enter at any time, if otherwise qualified under this\nsection.\n 2. Nonresidents of a district, if otherwise competent, may be admitted\ninto the school or schools of a district or city, upon the consent of\nthe trustees or the board of education, upon terms prescribed by such\ntrustees or board.\n 3. The school authorities of a
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