Additional Enrollment Options

Used when a student’s before and/or after school care is provided by a person or business near the requested school.

*Requires the employment verification document to be completed and uploaded. Document is provided while completing the application and once application is submitted.

Used for formerly zoned students who are currently enrolled and are seeking to return to the school for their final year. Final years are considered 5th, 8th, and 12th grades only.

The Grandparent In District option is only for students with Parent/Guardians living outside HISD’s boundaries with a grandparent who lives within the boundaries of HISD. The grandparent must provide a substantial amount of after-school care for the student. The transfer is only to the grandparents’ zoned school. 

Under TEC §25.001(b)(9) the Parent/Guardian and grandparent of a non-resident student requesting admission to HISD schools shall provide information on the grandparent’s residency and state the extent of after-school care to be provided by the grandparent. A substantial amount of after-school care consists of at least two hours per day for four days during a regular school week. The “Grandparent in District Affidavit” must be resubmitted annually and be notarized by a public notary. Parents must live outside of HISD district boundaries, and the grandparents must live within the attendance zone of the campus to which they are applying.

Used when the student has a sibling that is already enrolled at the requested school.

As per the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act, the district shall serve homeless children according to their best interests. The district will attempt to keep a homeless child in the school of origin, except when doing so is contrary to the wishes of the child’s parent/guardian. (“School of origin” means the school that the child attended when they became homeless or the school in which the child was last enrolled.) 
Factors to be considered when determining the best interests of the students may include; continuity of instruction, age and grade placement of the student, distance of the commute and its impact on the student’s education or special needs, personal safety of the student, student’s need for special instruction, such as Section 504 or Special Education and related services, length of anticipated stay in a temporary shelter or other temporary location, likely area of the family’s or youth’s future housing, siblings. For more information on homelessness, please visit the Student Assistance Department website. 

Students qualify for a Language of Instruction transfer under TEC § 29.051 if their zoned school does not have a class to provide such instruction at the appropriate grade level. Additionally, Parents/Guardians of students zoned to a school which offers only dual language instruction at the student’s grade-level have the option of requesting a Program Choice transfer to a school which offers the appropriate Spanish or English language instruction. The designated school that provides the language of instruction with space available will be determined by the district office in conjunction with the Multilingual Department. For more information, please visit the Multilingual Department website 
https://www.houstonisd.org/schools-academics/academics/multilingual

As per House Bill 2892 and 1959 if a parent is a military servicemember or peace officer, a parent must show documentation of their service member or peace officer status and submit applications to enroll at a school that has space available and the student meets entry requirements (if applicable).

Used when the student’s legal guardian is an HISD employee at the requested school or is a Chapter 21 HISD employee at a feeder campus of the requested school.

Used when guardian is employed near the requested school. Work location must be within 2 miles of the requested school or on the route to work.

*Requires the employment verification document to be completed and uploaded. Document is provided while completing the application and once application is submitted.

Students with disabilities can apply using the HISD application process for School Choice programs. A student with disabilities who meets the specified school choice criteria and is accepted for admission is required to have an Admission, Review, and Dismissal/ Individualized Education Program (ARD/IEP) or Section 504 committee meeting prior to enrolling in the program to ensure that the student’s IEP or Section 504 plan can be implemented in the school choice requested program. For more information please visit the Special Education Department website.

*Receiving campus will submit a Special Education application on behalf of the guardian.