281—17.12 (282) Laboratory school provisions. A parent/guardian may make a request for open enrollment transfer to a laboratory school operated by the state board of regents. The regents institution operating a laboratory school and the board of directors of the public school district in which the laboratory school is located shall develop a transfer policy. This policy shall include:
	  1. 	 A provision that the total number of pupils enrolled in a laboratory school in any one year shall not exceed 670 pupils.
	  2. 	 Provisions to protect and promote the quality and integrity of the teacher education program of the laboratory school.
	  3. 	 Provisions to protect and promote the viability of the education program of the public school district.
	  4. 	 The order in which and the reasons why requests to transfer to the laboratory school shall be considered.
The denial of a request to transfer to a laboratory school is not subject to appeal by a parent/guardian under Iowa Code section 290.1.
A pupil that is accepted for open enrollment transfer to a laboratory school shall not be included in the basic enrollment of the resident district with the laboratory school reporting the enrollment directly to the department of education with the following exception. If the number of pupils enrolled in the laboratory school from a school district during the current year exceeds the number enrolled from that district during the 1989-1990 school year, the pupils representing the difference between the current and the 1988-1989 school year enrollment for the district shall be included in the basic enrollment of the resident district with the district retaining the money generated through the foundation aid formula.