NEPN/NSBA Code:  JFABB

ADMISSION OF FOREIGN STUDENTS

The Lewiston School Committee recognizes the cultural enrichment derived from welcoming non-immigrant foreign students into the educational program. Thus, the School Committee encourages the attendance of non-immigrant foreign students at Lewiston High School.

Only non-immigrant foreign students who possess a valid J-1 or F-1 Visa to study in the United States will be admitted to Lewiston High School. The School Committee retains the sole discretion to deny admission to any student not meeting all the requirements set forth in this policy and regulation.

Foreign Exchange Students (J-1 Visa)

The School Committee encourages district participation in a foreign exchange student program. Foreign exchange students will be admitted to the high school for a one-year academic program.

1.  The district recognizes only those organization designated as “Exchange Visitor Programs” by the U.S. Department of State, pursuant to federal regulations, as sponsoring organizations for the exchange of students. Any such organization must supply proof of designation prior to recognition.

2.  No foreign exchange students subject to this policy and regulation shall be brought into the district by a foreign exchange student program unless he or she has been accepted in writing as a student by the high school building principal or a designee.

3.  When a foreign exchange student is accepted for admission pursuant to this policy and regulation, the letter of acceptance shall include a statement that tuition shall be waived for the student.

4.  The district may limit the number of foreign exchange students to five foreign exchange students per school from any single foreign exchange program.

The School Committee may terminate the approval of a foreign student program

when it would be in the best interests of the district to do so.

Foreign Students with F-1 Visas

No F-1 students will be admitted into grades K-8. F-1 students may be admitted to

the high school for one academic year upon the payment of tuition. The amount of tuition

charged shall reflect the full, unsubsidized per capita cost of providing educational

services to the students.

Immigrant Students

ALL SCHOOL-AGED IMMIGRANT CHILDREN WHO HAVE ABANDONED THEIR RESIDENCE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND

ESTABLISHED RESIDENCE IN THE DISTRICT WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE DISTRICT’S SCHOOLS WITHOUT PAYMENT OF TUITION.

Legal Reference: 22 CFR Part 62 (Exchange Visitor Program) §62.25 (Secondary

School Students)

8 CFR 214.2(j) (Special Requirements for Admission, Extension and

Maintenance of Benefits for Exchange Aliens)

Education Law §1709(13)

Matter of Jones, 24 EDR 110 (1984)

Adopted: January 26, 2004

Reviewed: September 24, 2012