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[quote=Anonymous]So, the DC regulations specify that the student must be enrolled in the zoned school where the child "resides."

5-E DCMR § 2002.1 states "Application for admission to the D.C. Public Schools shall be made by registering at the school for which the student is eligible which is located in the attendance zone within which the applicant resides."

The 2022.12 goes on to state that "Any person who supplies false information to the D.C. Public Schools in connection with student residency verification shall be subject to a penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500). The case of any such person may also be referred to the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia for consideration for prosecution."

"Resides" should be defined the same way it is defined for the DC residency purposes.  Although that section of the regulation does not specifically state that it includes residency for the purposes of attendance zones, it is the most natural interpretation of the regulation to use the same definitions.

5-A DCMR § 5001.5 states that residency means "The person has established a physical presence in the District of Columbia.

Section 5009.1 then defines "physical presence" as "The actual occupation and inhabitance of a place of abode with the intent to dwell for a continuous period of time."

Thus, "resides" for the purposes of the enrollment paperwork you submit to the school to show your entitlement to enroll in an IB school means the address where your child actually occupies the home, and intends to stay for a "continuous period of time."

This does not, obviously, extend to a studio you rent IB for Deal while you live in your 2500 sq ft house in Petworth.

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