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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you want to avoid the headache of a lottery move IB for one of the sought after schools in Ward 3. [b]However, could you use someone’s address to enter the lottery for a Charter and then move to your neighborhood of choice? [/b] [/quote]

Calling it now: [b]T-R-O-L-L.[/b][/quote]

I don't understand why this can't be done. They are moving to DC. I would do it if I were in her shoes. [/quote]

Because it's illegal. You need to lottery using your address. You can make a note that you will move to DC if you get in, but you cannot pretend that you live somewhere that you don't. [/quote]

Using "your" address. I can see this if you are shooting for an IB school, but other than that I don't see a problem with it. [/quote]

Just because you would do it doesn't mean that it's legal. It's not.[/quote]

Not a troll. Why exactly is this illegal?

1. Can a non-resident apply to a charter? DC Code § 38-1802.06 (a) says "Enrollment in a public charter school" is open to "all students who are residents of the District of Columbia [b]and, if space is available, to nonresident students[/b] [who pay tuition]." So there is nothing illegal about applying to a charter as a non-resident.

2. Is there anything illegal (we are not talking not immoral) about lying about your address to a charter school in your application (we are not talking about enrollment)? The only mention of the residency of applicants in the code is: "If there are more [b]applications to enroll in a public charter school from students who are residents of the District of Columbia[/b] than there are spaces available, students shall be admitted using a random selection process." So lying on your application could make it difficult for the school to figure out whether there are more applications from D.C. residents than spaces available. As a practical matter this doesn't make any difference because every charter school in demand has more applications than spaces available, and they all conduct lotteries.

3. Is it residency fraud? DC Code § 38-312 provides criminal penalties for "Any person ... who knowingly supplies false information to a public official [b]in connection with student residency verification.[/b]" But residency verification only happens when you enroll, not when you apply.

4. Does it violate any other provision? DC Code § 38-306 requires proof of residency for all students "enrolled" in a charter. Not for applicants. DC Code § 38-308 says how to establish residency for "each student [b]enrolling [/b]in a DCPS school or public charter school," and states that residency "shall be established [b]by October 5, or within 10 days of the time of initial enrollment[/b], whichever occurs later."

I cannot find any reason this is illegal. It might violate, either implicitly or explicitly, a particular charter's application rules, but I don't see anything illegal about it.

Disclaimer: This general discussion of DC law is not legal advice, and should not be relied on by anyone. It is not intended to and does not create any attorney-client relationship with anyone. If anyone reading this wants a legal opinion about this or anything else, they should contact a lawyer.

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Seriously, you need that disclaimer on an anonymous message board? *eyeroll*[/quote]

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