Schools try to root out students from outside district

Administrators from districts in suburban New Jersey report that they receive hundreds of tips every year about students who do not live in their districts enrolling in their schools. In the 2006-07 school year, the Clifton district, which has 10,500 students, investigated 625 reports of students illegally attending its schools; it caught 62 last year and 59 the year before. There are many ways to find students who don’t belong. Bounties, detectives, stakeouts with cameras, and hot lines that receive tips from anonymous callers are tools that some school districts use to combat the perennial problem of illegally enrolled students.

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