**JHD - EXCLUSIONS AND EXEMPTIONS FROM SCHOOL ATTENDANCE** **Adoption Date:** 05/27/2014 Denial of Admission Denial of admission means the withholding of the privilege of enrolling in a school of the district. The following shall be the grounds for denial of admission to school or diversion to an appropriate alternative program: Graduation from the twelfth grade of any school or receipt of any document evidencing completion of the equivalent of a secondary curriculum; Failure to meet the requirements of age by a student who has reached the age of six years at a time after the beginning of the school year, as fixed by the School Committee as provided in Massachusetts General Laws; Having been expelled during the same school year from this district or any district in the Commonwealth; Not being a resident of the district and the district has opted not to participate in the School Choice Law; Failure to comply with the provisions of the Massachusetts School Entry Immunization Law. **Policy References:** LEGAL REFS.: M.G.L. 71:37H; 76:12; 76:12A; 76:12B 603 CMR 26:00