6010 - Scope of Instructional Program

Last Updated Date: 11/04/2024

Adoption Date: 10/05/2015

Revision History: 10/02/2023

1. The District shall provide instruction suitable to the needs of all who are legally eligible to attend school in the District.
2. Except for special types of instruction, the instructional program may be organized in units commonly designated as grades, each grade approximating the work of one year. Such a program of instruction shall be organized into schools or other administrative units as follows:
   1. The elementary school normally consists of early childhood or kindergarten through grades four, five, or six. The elementary school may be configured with multiage and multigrade classrooms.
   2. The secondary school commonly consist of grades, six or seven through twelve or any consecutive  combination  of these grades.
   3. Instruction shall be provided on all levels, with or without grade organization, for all students.
   4. Departures from the above noted organizational plan for instruction may be made by the Superintendent or the Superintendents’ designee upon approval of the Board.
3. All public day schools organized within the District shall be free to all children between the ages of five and twenty one years, whose parents or legal guardians reside within the boundaries of the District.
4. The District shall also offer early childhood and special education services to children to students who are eligible to receive such services as set forth in Policy 5001.