Vance County Schools Revisions to Student Assignment Policy


The Vance County Board of Education Monday night approved revisions to its Assignment of Students to Schools Policy stating that the board will no longer approve out-of-county requests for students to attend schools outside of Vance County.

The revised policy, unanimously approved by the board, states, “No new out-of-county releases will be processed/approved by the Vance County Board of Education beginning with the 2013-2014 school year and thereafter unless the parent making the request is employed by the school system of request.”

The assignment policy continues to state that students from out-of-county schools will not be accepted by the local board of education with the exception of children of Vance County Schools’ employees. Employees must complete an out-of-county transfer form to be approved by the board yearly. The school board will determine the assigned school based on the employee’s job site. Tuition is not charged for out-of-county students who are children of school system employees.