Montgomery County Public Schools

2020–2021 School Year

New and Revised Board of Education Policies and MCPS Regulations

New Board of Education Policies 

Amended Board of Education Policies

JEE, Student Transfers

The Board of Education amended Board Policy JEE, Student Transfers , on October 6, 2020, to ensure the policy is responsive to the needs of all students, especially the provisions that determine the nature of the hardships that qualify a student for a transfer.  Highlights of the Board's amendments include the following topics:  

• unique hardships that may qualify students for transfers based on family circumstances; 
• extenuating circumstances related to the medical, emotional, or social well-being of a student; 
• child care needs may be considered a unique hardship for a transfer but the circumstances related must be extremely significant for students beyond the elementary level; 
• clarification of the provision for receiving a transfer based on a sibling's school of attendance, and definition of siblings; 
• clarification of transfers for family moves within the school year are granted for the remainder of the school year; 
• conditions for approving transfers of eligible children of staff members; 
• academic transfers for high school students; 
• consideration of school underutilization in granting a COSA; and
• adjustments to make reapplication procedures more consistent for students on approved transfers transitioning from elementary-to-middle school or middle-to-high school.