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Student Transfer

 

Jeffco honors CDE Portability guidelines for students transferring from one Colorado school district to another with a GT identification that followed state guidelines.

Was your student in gifted programming in another district or state? If so, please use the following document for reference to see if that GT identification is portable to Jeffco. If you have additional questions, please contact your school’s GT Resource Teacher.

Families of identified students transferring into jeffco should inform their Jeffco school’s GT Resource Teacher and supply previous identification data and documentation upon enrolling in their Jeffco school.

For identified GT students who are displaced from other districts who are attending Jeffco schools, please see this webpage from CDE on Enrollment for Displaced Students.

TRANSFERS FROM OUTSIDE OF COLORADO

GT Identifications from outside of Colorado do not fall under CDE Portability guidelines, as each state has different benchmarks and requirements for gifted identification. If transferring from out of state, contact the GT Resource teacher of the Jeffco school you are planning to attend with any relevant body of evidence (test reports, ID data sheets, letters from school districts indicating GT identification, etc.).

 Jeffco GT will attempt to identify students within 45 school days of the start date in Jeffco, provided that all relevant identification body of evidence data was transferred to the Jeffco school, and that the body of evidence meets Colorado Department of Education identification guidelines noted above. However, as each state has different guidelines and benchmarks, we cannot guarantee that a student identified in another state will also be identified in Jeffco.

TRANSFERS FROM ANOTHER COLORADO DISTRICT INTO JEFFCO
Contact the GT Resource teacher of the Jeffco school you are planning to attend with any relevant body of evidence to see if the student qualifies under portability guidelines above.

Jeffco GT will attempt to identify students within 45 school days of the start date in Jeffco, provided that all relevant identification body of evidence data was transferred to the Jeffco school, and that the body of evidence meets Colorado Department of Education portability guidelines.

We will communicate to transfer families how we will meet the needs outlined in a student’s ALP within 60 school days of start date, provided the previous district’s ALP was included along with the body of evidence by the student’s start date. Re-evaluation of the student’s portfolio, if necessary, will also occur within this time period.
TRANSFERS FROM JEFFCO TO ANOTHER COLORADO DISTRICT
Some identifications made prior to the 2016-17 school year may not meet portability guidelines. Please contact your school’s GT Resource teacher if you are planning to transfer to a school outside of Jeffco.
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