New Student Enrollment Requirements

A parent or guardian of a child to be enrolled in Flossmoor School District 161 must provide the following in order for a student to be initially enrolled in District 161, unless the family is homeless.

The following forms of identification must indicate the address within District 161 at which the child and the individual registering the child resides and are required for enrollment. Proof of residency requires one document from Category I and two documents from Category II, each of which must show a proper District 161 address 

Category I (One Document)

___ Mortgage papers  

___ Signed Lease

___ Real estate tax bill

___ Affidavit from a district resident who attests to the registrant living with them at no cost

Category II (Two Documents)

___ Gas or electric bill  

___ Driver's license or valid state I.D.

___ Home/Apartment insurance papers

___ Auto registration

Post office box numbers, telephone bills, cable/satellite bills, and library cards will not be accepted as proof of residency.

Parents/guardians who are not listed as an owner or lessee on a title or lease must have the person with whom they are residing provide two of the forms listed above for evidence of residency. The parent/guardian shall have 30 days to provide the school with two forms of identification that correspond to the district residence at which they are residing.

Original Certified Birth Certificate (Raised Seal)

McKinney-Vento Act

A homeless child is one who lacks a “fixed, regular and adequate nighttime place of adobe.” In general, children or youth living in welfare hotels, transitional housing, shelters, the streets, cars, abandoned buildings, and other inadequate accommodations are considered homeless. This includes the following groups:

Children in Shelters

Doubled-Up Children (living with another family due to lack of permanent residence)

Migratory children

Unaccompanied Youth

Contact the District’s Homeless Liaison, Mrs. Amy Warke, 708-647-7016, or Pam Majewski, 708-647-7008.

Special Education Services

If your child receives special education services, please bring a current IEP for placement.

Health Requirements

All students must have a physical with current immunizations on file. This includes preschool and transfer students. A new physical examination with current immunizations is required for students entering kindergarten and sixth grade. All children enrolling in kindergarten and any child enrolling for the first time in a public, private, or parochial school must have an eye examination and present proof of the eye examination to the school before October 15th of the school year. All children enrolling in kindergarten, second or sixth grade must have a dental exam performed and present proof of the dental exam by May 15, 2012.

School Transfer Forms

No public school district is required to admit a new student unless they can produce ISBE Form 33-78 from the student's previous Illinois public school district as per Section 2-3 13a of the School Code. As per the amendment to that code, no school district is required to admit a new student who is transferring from an out-of-state public school unless the parent or guardian of the student certifies in writing that the student is not currently serving a suspension or expulsion imposed by the school from which the student is transferring.

Certificate Of Child Health
Dental Form
Eye Exam Form
Home Language Survey
Encuesta de Idioma en el Hogar
Release Of Records Form
Student Information Sheet
Forma de Registracion Sobre Informacion del Estudiante

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