We are choice enrolled at our school though we are in-district. For us, the question about the IEP was part of a standard district form. I think that it is more to flag the kid for assessment once they get in the school. Legally, they can't discriminate based on this. Catching them at it would be hard to prove. The lottery for spaces at our school is not public.
Once you are enrolled in the other district that district gets the money for your kid. Our district educates a lot kids from outside the district. The conversations that I have heard indicate that if the school has extra space in the building, the out-of-district kids are viewed as a revenue source. Fuller schools are more efficient to run -- fixed costs are distributed over more kids.
Have you heard of GT kids getting turned away? I have extended family up by you. They enrolled from out-of-district to go to the IB program and didn't have any problems.
