How are the applications for Open Enrollment to be selected?
EC Section 48356 states that applications are selected through a random, unbiased process that prohibits an evaluation of whether or not the pupil should be enrolled based on his or her individual academic or athletic performance, or any of the other characteristics set forth in subdivision (a). Pupils applying for a transfer pursuant to this article shall be assigned priority for approval as follows: (1) First priority for the siblings of children who already attend the desired school. (2) Second priority for pupils transferring from a program improvement school ranked in decile 1 on the API determined pursuant to subdivision (a) of EC Section 48352. (3) If the number of pupils who request a particular school exceeds the number of spaces available at that school, a lottery shall be conducted in the group priority order identified in paragraphs (1) and (2) to select pupils at random until all of the available spaces are filled.
