SERIES 5000: STUDENTS, CURRICULUM, AND ACADEMIC MATTERS

5300 Student Enrollment, Attendance, and Records

5306 Foreign Students

The District will not deny enrollment to resident students or otherwise discriminate against students based on immigration or visa status. All resident students, regardless of immigration or visa status, who otherwise meet Policy 5303’s requirements may enroll in the District.

A student seeking to enroll in the District should verify that the student’s enrollment will comply with federal laws, regulations, and guidance applicable to the student’s immigration or visa status. Failure to do so may negatively impact the student’s immigration or visa status.

A student with an F-1 visa who enrolls in the District in compliance with federal law must reimburse the District the full, unsubsidized per capita cost of providing education at the District for the period of the student’s attendance.

A student with a J-1 visa who is sponsored by a formal student exchange program may enroll in the District without paying tuition if the student’s host family resides in the District and the student otherwise meets the requirements of state and federal law and Policy 5303.

Nothing in this Policy should be construed to require the District to facilitate a student’s visa.

Foreign students are subject to all laws, Board Policies, rules, behavioral expectations, and applicable student codes of conduct.

Legal authority: 8 USC 1184(m); MCL 380.1401; Plyler v Doe, 457 US 202 (1982); OAG, No. 6316, p 151 (September 25, 1985)

Date adopted: 08/09/2021

Date revised: