Admissions & Enrollment Procedures

Leadership Academy of Utah (LAU) is a public charter school that does not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, gender, national origin, or religion. LAU admissions and transfer policies comply with the Utah Code 53A-1a506.5.

LAU is a full-time program that operates during traditional fall and winter semesters and serves students in grades 6-12. To enroll your child at LAU, you must submit a new or returning student application in our Student Information Services (SIS) system. Details about admissions and enrollment can be found below.

• Admissions & Open Enrollment

  The "open enrollment period" is the state-required time set aside for parents to apply for admission to LAU.

  At LAU, the "open enrollment period" begins the last week of January and continues for three weeks. During this time, parents of new and returning students can submit an enrollment application for the upcoming school year.

  Continuing Students: If you wish for your student to continue at LAU for the upcoming school year, you are required to complete a returning student application during the open enrollment period each year. Students must be in good standing and have an approved application to guarantee enrollment.

  The returning student application can be found under the “My Student” tab in SIS.

  Prospective Students: If you wish to enroll a new student at LAU, you will need to submit an application for each prospective student, as well as any required documentation. To be eligible for enrollment at LAU, students are required to be official residents of Utah.

  Please review the Enrollment Requirements section on our FAQ page for more details.

  Transfer Students: If you wish to transfer your student's enrollment from another charter school, please submit an application, as well as any required documentation.
  
  

  At the Close of the Open Enrollment Period

  If the number of submitted applications does not exceed the LAU enrollment cap (490 students), all applications for students in good standing will be accepted.

  If the number of submitted applications exceeds the LAU enrollment cap, all continuing students will be accepted, and prospective student applications will be subject to the lottery process.

  Note: The number of applications received has exceeded the LAU enrollment cap for several consecutive years. We encourage you to apply early.

• Lottery & Waitlist

  LAU has an enrollment cap of 490 students. If the number of applications exceeds the cap, all continuing students in good standing will be accepted, and prospective student applications will be subject to the lottery process:

  1. The lottery will be initiated within one (1) business day after the close of the enrollment window.
  2. Applications remaining after prioritization (see below) will be randomly assigned a number and selected to fill any spots that may become available.
  3. As a prospective applicant is selected, that applicant, and any of the applicant’s siblings, will be offered a placement at the school.
  4. Accepted students must respond to placement notifications by the response deadline (see the “Notification of Admission & Response Deadlines” section below). If no response is received, the placement will be offered to the next student.

  Prioritization of lottery applications is as follows:

  1. Siblings of current students 
  2. Children of staff or board members (including founding board members) 
  3. Transfers from partner school (active Williamsburg students)
  4. Children of active-duty military 
  5. All other students

  All prospective student applications remaining after the enrollment cap has been filled will be moved to the waiting list. Priority applications that do not receive a spot during open enrollment will be at the top of the waitlist.

  Any applications that come in after the open enrollment period are added to the waitlist in order of submission and prioritization criteria.

  Waitlist

  Students not admitted during open enrollment will remain on a waiting list, preserving the order as determined by the lottery, giving preference to siblings of attending students, etc. Students currently on the waiting list will be retained for the entirety of the school year until enrolled or they decline their enrollment position.

  Information regarding student status on the waiting list or chances of being drawn will not be given out, as staff cannot provide answers to these questions.

• Required Information

  During the enrollment process, you will be asked to provide the following information as required by school policy and/or state or federal law:

  • Emergency Contact
  • School district of residence
  • Ethnicity\Race
  • Home language\ESL\bilingual education
  • Prior speech and\or language services
  • SPED\IEP\504 history
  • Medical information\history including visual or hearing impairments, ADD/ADHD, etc.
  • Foster child\ward of state
  • Refugee status
  • Juvenile probation
  • Expulsion\suspension history
  • Media consent and release
  • Declaration of household income
  • School directory disclosure

• Required Documents

  You’ll be asked to provide the following required documents:

  • Parent/Guardian identification, e.g. driver’s license\passport
  • Student’s birth certificate
  • Copy of latest IEP or 504 (if applicable)
  • Immunization record or exemption form (see below)
  • Proof of current residence (see How to Apply & Enroll for acceptable documents)
  • Report card or unofficial transcript (submit a report card from the most recent school year for students in grades 6-8, or an unofficial transcript from the prior school year(s) for students in grades 9-12)

  Immunizations

  As determined by Utah State Law, Leadership Academy of Utah is required to have immunization records or a certificate of exemption from immunize.utah.gov for each enrolled child. Exemptions are available to parents for medical, religious, or personal reasons.

  • Vaccines Required for School Enrollment in Utah

• Notification of Admission and Response Deadlines

  Notification of Admission

  You will be notified via e-mail and/or phone when your student has been accepted to LAU.

  Note: It is your responsibility to ensure LAU has current contact information for receiving notifications.

  Response Deadlines

  LAU will attempt to contact you regarding your child’s admission a minimum of two times. You are required to respond to an offer of admission by the response deadline (see below). Deadlines vary based on the time of year.

  If you cannot be contacted or are non-responsive by the deadline, the available space may be offered to another waiting student. Response deadlines are calculated from the first attempted contact as follows:

  Time of Year	Response Deadline
  Mid-February through the third week of July	1 Week
  The fourth week of July	2 Working days
  August 1st through the first day of school	24 Hours

• Acceptance Requirements

  Parents who accept admission should complete any missing application items including submission of all necessary documents before the course registration deadline. If you do not meet the deadline, the available space may be offered to another waiting student.