Board revises school‑choice policy to consolidate in‑district and out‑of‑district transfers

The Greenville County Board of Trustees voted to revise board policy JBCCA to combine intra‑district and inter‑district transfer rules and to delete the outdated separate nonresident policy (JBCB), administrators said.

Superintendent Dr. Royster and district counsel Mr. Web explained the rewrite implements state guidance requiring model transfer policies. The revised policy calls for a publicly posted capacity study for each school, an application window for transfers (resident students retain priority over nonresident applicants), published tuition and fee information for out‑of‑district students and a two‑tier appeal process starting with the superintendent and ultimately the board.

Trustees asked detailed questions about athletic eligibility (staff said eligibility issues are governed by the high school league), current counts of nonresident students (staff said about 50–60 students per semester attend from outside district boundaries) and how tuition collections are handled. Staff said the prevailing transfer fee for nonresident students is $3,911 per pupil and that the district will post fee amounts on the website in keeping with state guidelines.

Miss Mosley moved to approve the JBCCA revisions and the board voted in favor; the committee also voted to delete policy JBCB (nonresident students) as redundant now that transfers are handled in one policy. The transcript records voice votes approving both actions but does not record numeric roll‑call totals.

Staff said a revised administrative rule will follow to document implementation details such as application timelines, transportation limits (transportation for nonresident students is generally the family's responsibility except for certain magnet or choice programs), and appeal procedures.