(1) Any board of directors may make agreements with adults choosing to attend school, and may charge the adults reasonable tuition. (2) A district is strongly encouraged to honor the request of a parent or guardian for his or her child to attend a school in another district or the request of a parent or guardian for his or her child to transfer as a student receiving home-based instruction. (3) A district shall release a student to a nonresident district that agrees to accept the student if: (a) A financial, educational, safety, or health condition affecting the student would likely be reasonably improved as a result of the transfer; or (b) Attendance at the school in the nonresident district is more accessible to the parent's place of work or to the location of child care; or (c) There is a special hardship or detrimental condition; or (d) The purpose of the transfer is for the student to enroll in an online course or online school program offered by an online provider approved under RCW 28A.250.020. (4) A district may deny the request of a resident student to transfer to a nonresident district if the release of the student would adversely affect the district's existing desegregation plan. (5) For the purpose of helping a district assess the quality of its education program, a resident school district may request an optional exit interview or questionnaire with the parents or guardians of a child transferring to another district. No parent or guardian may be forced to attend such an interview or complete the questionnaire. (6) Beginning with the 1993-94 school year, school districts may not charge transfer fees or tuition for nonresident students enrolled under subsection (3) of this section and RCW 28A.225.225. Reimbursement of a high school district for cost of educating high school pupils of a nonhigh school district shall not be deemed a transfer fee as affecting the apportionment of current state school funds. [ 2013 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 510. Prior: 1995 c 335 s 602; 1995 c 52 s 2; 1993 c 336 s 1008; 1990 1st ex.s. c 9 s 201; 1969 c 130 s 10; 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.58.240; prior: 1963 c 47 s 2; prior: 1921 c 44 s 1, part; 1899 c 142 s 8, part; RRS s 4780, part. Formerly RCW 28A.58.240, 28.58.240.]
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