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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yu Ying doesn't accept kids past 2nd grade because the law does not allow them to be selective in admissions and it would be too hard for kids to catch up after that point. All DC charters are bound by this law. Yu Ying's hands are tied. They can't admit anyone new in third grade or above. If they allowed it they would have to admit kids by strictly by lottery, so they don't.

I believe there are Mandarin immersion schools in both Potomoc (Montgomery County) and College Park (PG County).[/quote]

I contacted both Potomac and College Park, but I don't know if I want to commit to suburban living.   I can understand that selective admissions are unlawful, but it should be possible to test for competency, then apply to the lottery for spaces that may come available due to attrition, if the student's level of learning is equal to or greater than that of grade level peers.[/quote]

Federal law. Chinese or any language proficiency cannot be screened for public lottery admissions. [/quote]

I don't think that the law is federal.  Other public/magnet/ charter schools in the DC area and nationwide allow students with language proficiency to test into the program or to test into the lottery wait pool.

At least I now know that I can remove Yu Ying from our list of prospective schools.[/quote]

OP, a few things before moving to the area. Baltimore isn't DC-area. In addition DC isn't a state so you need to be aware of "home rule" and the issues that DC has in passing their own laws. MD charters have their own state laws. DC charters were created by an act of Congress. Like the laws for VA charters vary from MD charters. DC charted have their own laws which were created at the federal level. [/quote]

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