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OP, I recommend that you call the school.  I asked at our PCS, and the answer was unequivocal:  A former DC resident who moves to MD or VA can keep his/her spot at the school provided the family pays the non-resident tuition.  The spot does not have to be made available to current DC residents in the lottery the following year.
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I can't figure out what actually happened after the proposed 2014 residency verification rulemaking was announced (http://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/publication/attachments/Residency_Regulations_1_21_14.pdf), but if that rule is currently in effect, your PCS is incorrect, assuming that the relevant grade is one in which DC residents can be admitted.

See 5007.6.e:
Indicate that the LEA has discretion to allow a non-resident student an opportunity to remain at the school, provided: (1) the non-resident tuition is paid for the current school year and for any other period the student has attended the school as a non-resident; and (2) the school does not have a resident student on the waiting list seeking a space at the school for the same grade level as the non-resident student.

The rule seems very clear that if there is a resident student on the waiting list, they have priority in both admission and retention.[/quote]

I don't know if the proposed rules were adopted, PP, but let's suppose they were.  The section you cite is not really on point.  The more relevant section is 5006.1:

[quote]Students who qualify as residents of the District of Columbia have priority over
non-residents [b]seeking admission[/b] to District public schools. A LEA may [b]enroll [/b]a
non-resident student after a determination is made that space is available at a
District public school because no District resident is seeking admittance for the
same grade at that location for the same period of time. [/quote]

Again, there is a distinction to be drawn between enrollment, i.e., admission, and re-enrollment, i.e., attendance in subsequent years.  The rule applies to enrollment, not re-enrollment.

As for section 5007.6.e, it has to do with penalties for committing residency fraud.   If a family is found to be committing residency fraud, they can only stay if they pay tuition for the current year and all prior years they attended as non-residents and if no DC resident is on the wait list for that grade.

A reasonable interpretation of the rules is that families who are honest about their non-residence in DC and pay non-resident tuition can keep their spots, while families who commit residency fraud run the risk of losing their spots.

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