(405) 587-0435 or email reg@okcps.org 

OKCPS offers Centralized Registration which means families may register all children in the household for school in one online application, as well as upload required documents and complete annual permissions. Once registrations have been processed, families receive emails from the district and calls from the student’s school with next steps. If you need assistance or do not have Internet access, please call or visit one of the schools your students will attend.  Use the School Locator to find your assigned school or call Registration at (405) 587-0435 for assistance.

Families may register students online for the new school year online using enrollment links on the district website.  As long as families provide all information and upload documents, they will not need to visit the schools to complete the process. 

• For students continuing as OKCPS students for the new school year, families must update their information, add new students, and sign annual forms through their Campus Parent Portal accounts.  Parents and guardians need an active email address to set up their accounts. Visit one student’s school office or the Westwood Student Services Office, 1701 Exchange Avenue, to set up your account.  Call (405) 587-1423 for a password reset.  

• For students who did not finish the previous school year with OKCPS, families use the New Families Enrollment link to provide family and student information, upload required documents, and complete all enrollment information.  After families are notified by email their students’ enrollment is complete, they will receive an email invitation to create their Campus Parent Portal accounts. 

The following information provides specifics regarding enrollment in OKCPS, including documents families are asked to provide. All residences in the district have schools assigned to their address.  Applying for transfers to other schools are available.  Until a requested transfer has been approved, students will be enrolled in the assigned school.  Parents and guardians enroll children either online from their own devices or by visiting any OKCPS school during normal school hours or designated enrollment times. Use the School Locator to find your assigned school or call Registration at (405) 587-0435.

All children who live in the district and are between the ages of five and twenty-one years on or before September 1 of the current school year are entitled to an education free of charge.   

• Pre-Kindergarteners must turn four years of age by September 1 to begin Pre-K. While Pre-K is not a required grade, OKCPS offers a quality, full-day PreK program to prepare children for school success.  By law, Pre-K class sizes are limited to no more than 20 students.  If classes are full at your assigned school, some students may need to go to another school.  Pre-K parents are responsible for transportation to and from school each day.

• Children with Disabilities Under the Age of Five may be screened for early childhood intervention and support services. For more information, please call the Child Find Office at (405) 587-2421 or 587-3100. 

Students beyond the age of 21 unable to attend school for extended periods of time because of a physical disability or service in the United States armed services or auxiliary organization may attend school between the ages of 21 and 26. 

Proof of Residence

Every residential address in the district has an assigned set of schools for students to attend.  When registering students for school, each family provides two (2) items as proof of the address. Families of students who ended the previous school enrolled with OKCPS and students new to the district provide the two (2) proofs of address at the beginning of each school year and with each new enrollment. Proof must include the name and address of the adult registering the children and utility bills include a date within the last 45 days.  Items accepted for proof include: 

• Proof of payment of local personal income tax or ad valorem taxes 

• Title to residential property in the district, or a valid unexpired lease agreement, or receipts for payment of rent on a district residence in which the applicant actually resides 

• Utility bills (gas, water, or electric proof of service or bills) 

• A valid, unexpired driver’s license or motor vehicle registration with current address 

• Current voter registration 

The residence of a child for school purposes is where the parents/guardians, or persons having legal custody who contribute the majority of financial support for the child, live. Also, any student living in the district who is financially self-supporting is considered a resident of the school district if the child works and attends school in the district. 

New Student Required Documents

Students entering OKCPS for the first time are asked to provide the following items in addition to two proofs of residency: 

• Birth Certificate or other age verification 

• Immunization records

• Previous school records such as transcripts, grades and special services records to assist in proper student placement  

• Guardianship or custody documents, if applicable 

Forms of Age Verification other than Birth Certificate

Although an official birth certificate is preferred, in the absence of a birth certificate, the school will accept other documentation that shows the child’s name and date of birth such as:

• An attending physician’s certificate 

• Permanent school records 

• Family bills

• Last year’s school attendance register or other official scholastic record 

• Baptismal certificate 

• Passport 

• Life Insurance policy 

Principals may accept other documents at their discretion. 

• High School Students and Younger Students Who Have Earned High School Credit are asked to provide official transcripts which will be evaluated by the school for possible course and grade credit to be added to the student transcripts. Students’ course enrollments may need to be changed following receipt of transcripts if they are not available at enrollment. 

When moving from another district or school during the school year, a withdrawal form from the previous school verifies your child is no longer enrolled. Upon enrollment, the school will request a withdrawal form, student transcript or grade report, discipline reports, and other pertinent documents from the previous school. 

• Students who lack a stable place to live, live without utilities, or live with someone other than a parent or legal guardian, OR whose family is forced to live with another family for financial reasons have the right to enroll in school immediately, even if lacking documentation normally required for enrollment; such as previous school records, medical or immunization records, proof of residency, birth certificate, proof of guardianship, or other documents. For more information regarding McKinney-Vento which guarantees these supports.  McKinney-Vento Act information at this link.

• Students in Foster Care have the same rights to be enrolled, even if they are lacking documentation normally required, as students living in situations qualifying them for McKinney-Vento support.More information regarding supports and services for students living in foster care situations is available at this link. 

• Homeschooled and Private School Students entering the district are placed in the appropriate grade level as reasonably determined by the school. The school may administer tests or utilize other reasonable means to determine placement. Transcripts from non-accredited programs will not be included on the student’s official transcript. Transcripts from accredited programs will be evaluated for possible course and grade credit. 

• Suspended Students may return to a regular classroom setting upon completion or expiration of suspension terms. 

• Foreign Exchange Students who participate in a certified exchange program may be accepted at an OKCPS school site at the discretion of the site principal. Sponsoring agencies and host families should review the OKCPS Policy Regulation F-02-R1 Enrollment of Exchange Students at the Board of Education tab on the district website. The documents are submitted to the principal of the school in which the host family resides or has students enrolled.  The principal will submit the prospective exchange student’s information to the Director of Student Registration & Records.  Once the student has been approved, the host family completes the online enrollment or by going to the school for assistance.

(405) 587-0490 or (405) 587-0491 (Español)

All students seeking to transfer to different schools enroll or remain enrolled in the schools assigned to their home addresses until they have received transfer approval. For more information, please visit the Student Transfers web page or review the OKCPS Board of Education Policy F-04: Student School Assignment and Transfers.

Families of students who live in the OKCPS attendance area or outside the district seeking to change to an OKCPS school other than the school assigned to their home address may request student transfers. Families complete the transfer request form available from the www.okcps.org web site. 

All transfer requests received by the district are considered in accordance with Oklahoma City Public Schools Board Policy F-04. Three criteria are the basis for transfer consideration:

• Capacity - There must be space available in the requested school and grade level without overloading classrooms.

• Behavior - Repeated incidents of student discipline at the home school may result in a transfer being denied.

• Attendance - Excessive absences may prevent student transfer approval since families must transport students to and from each school on time each day. 

Families are responsible for student transportation to and from the school when a student receives a transfer to a school other than the one assigned to the home address. Oklahoma law allows students to have two transfers per academic year. Students may not be accepted or denied based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, alienage, or veteran, parental, family and marital status or for any other reason. 

Transfer information is provided at the Student Transfers web page or by calling (405) 587-0490 or (405) 587-0491 (Habla Español).

Cancellation of Student Transfers 

Transfers that have previously been approved by the District will remain in effect for future school years unless the parent fails to enroll the student within ten (10) days of transfer approval notification or the District provides notification to the parent or legal guardian that the transfer is not going to be continued for an upcoming school year due to disciplinary action or attendance issues.

A principal may not cancel an approved transfer during the school year; however, the principal may request that a student’s transfer be revoked for the following school year based on attendance or behavior. If the District intends to deny a student’s continued transfer, the parents or guardians will be notified by or before July 15th. For more information, visit the Student Transfers website. 

Canceled transfers result in students returning to their resident schools. 

• Families may cancel an approved transfer at any time to return to their resident school by withdrawing the student and enrolling the student in the school assigned to the family address. 

• Application and charter schools may have additional guidelines or deadlines for canceling student transfers; families with students in those schools need to be aware of these additional policies.

Residence of a child may be a foster home, except a therapeutic foster home or specialized foster home where a child is in voluntary placement where a child has been placed by the person or agency having legal custody of the child per court order, or by a state agency having legal custody of the child, or any orphanage or facility having full-time care and custody. The resident district of a student may also be where a child is entirely self-supporting, or resides in a state-licensed or operated emergency shelter.

Although not required by law, OKCPS allows establishment of residency by affidavit. An adult who does not fall within the categories listed above may file an affidavit with the school district attesting he or she: 

• Holds legal residence in the school district, 

• Has assumed permanent care and custody of the child, 

• Contributes the major degree of support to the child, and 

• States the reason(s) for assuming custody. 

The affidavit is valid for the current school year and must be submitted annually to the school if the custody arrangement continues beyond the school year. 

Affidavits to establish residency are utilized for emergencies or special circumstances. This affidavit may not be used to avoid enrollment in the student’s resident school. If the custody arrangement is found to be for the purposes of selecting a school other than assigned to the home address, the student will be asked to enroll in the resident school pursuant to Oklahoma state law. 

The filing of a false affidavit is against the law, punishable by fine or imprisonment. 

If a school and the principal of the school deny admittance of a student who claims to be a resident of the district, the parent, guardian, or person having care and custody of the student may request a review by the PK-12 Office. The PK-12 Office representative responsible for the review will provide a response to the parent’s appeal within three school days. 

Within three school days of the denial by the PK-12 office, the parent who is not satisfied with the results may request a review of the request for enrollment by the district’s residency officer. Requests for review may be submitted by calling 587-7867 or completing a TIPS Incident Report from the district website. The request for review shall include any additional pertinent information that may justify the admittance of the child to the school district. 

Upon receipt of a request for review, the residency officer and/or residency committee will render a decision and notify the parent within three school days of the receipt of the request for review. 

If the parent disagrees with the findings of the residency officer, the parent will notify the residency officer within three school days of the receipt of the decision. The residency officer will submit his/her findings and all documents reviewed to the board of education. 

The board of education will review the decision and the documents submitted by both the residency officer and the parent and render a decision at the next board meeting. The board’s decision may be appealed only pursuant to procedures utilized by the State Department of Education.

Each school year, every student, regardless of living situation, completes an OKCPS Enrollment Questionnaire as part of the new student or yearly enrollment review that discloses where the student is living, identifies students living in transition, and if they qualify for services under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act (“McKinney-Vento Act”). 

Schools must immediately enroll students in homeless situations, even if they do not have required documents, such as previous school records, medical or immunization records, proof of residency, birth certificate, proof of guardianship, or other documents. Students must be enrolled in school while the school requests and is waiting for school records from the previous school or while the student begins the process of receiving immunizations. 

The McKinney-Vento Act defines “homeless children and youth” as individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and includes children and youth who: 

• Share the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations, living in emergency or transitional shelters; 

• Identify a primary nighttime residence that is a publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations, a temporary residence prior to institutionalization, or a place not designed or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for humans; 

• Live in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar setting; 

• Are migratory according to the definition as established in Section 1309 of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965; 

• Temporarily live in a trailer park or camping area due to lack of adequate living accommodations. 

• Have run away from home and live in a runaway shelter, abandoned building, the street, or other inadequate accommodations. 

• Have been placed in a state institution because they have no other place to live. 

• Have been abandoned by his/her family and who is staying in a hospital. 

• Have parents/guardians will not permit them to live at home and who live on the street, in a shelter, or in other transitional or inadequate accommodation. 

• Are school-age unwed mothers or expectant mothers who are living in homes for unwed mothers because they have no other available living accommodations. 

“Unaccompanied youth“ includes minors not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian. This includes runaways, youth living in shelters, abandoned buildings, cars, or in other inadequate housing. Schools must enroll unaccompanied youth who qualify as homeless because they are living in circumstances as described above. 

Students experiencing homelessness must have access to any educational services for which they qualify, including public preschool programs, special education, Title I, and limited English proficiency programs, gifted and talented programs, school meal programs, before and after school programs, and transportation services. No child or youth shall be discriminated against or segregated. 

School districts are required to keep students who qualify under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act (“McKinney-Vento Act”) in their school of origin, to the extent feasible, unless it is against the parent’s or guardian’s wishes. The school of origin is either the school attended when permanently housed, or the school in which the student was last enrolled. Students are entitled to receive transportation to their school of origin or last school attended. If a student is sent to a school other than the school of origin or school requested by parent or guardian, the school must provide a written explanation of its decision and the right to appeal. 

Applicants qualifying for services are to be referred to the OKCPS HOPE (Homeless Office) at (405) 587-4673.

Children may be enrolled by their foster care parents/guardians, social workers or other legal guardians. To prevent educational discontinuity, enrollment must not be denied or delayed for children in foster care because documents normally required for enrollment have not been provided. 

• School immediately contacts the school last attended by any such child to obtain relevant academic and other records. 

• Guardianship or legal custody documents will be provided including power or attorney, affidavit, and court order. 

The District’s Foster Care Coordinator collaborates with Child Welfare Agencies on a case-by-case basis to determine “best interest” for the child by considering factors such as, but not limited to, the child’s safety, socio-emotional, stability, service and familial needs and preferences, plus the school’s climate, resources, academic, and safety as they relate to the student needs. For more information, contact the Foster Care Coordinator at (405) 587-0119.