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Students NEW to the Columbia School District are required to enroll at the respective school. A parent/guardian must be present to complete the enrollment process.
Students NEW to the Columbia School District are required to enroll at the respective school. A parent/guardian must be present to complete the enrollment process.
Once enrolled at the district offices, a student will be assigned to a school building. The student and parent need to attend Centralized Registration to complete the registration process. Items needed during centralized registration include:
YEARLY REGISTRATION
Each summer ALL students are required to register for the upcoming school year. Items required for registration are list above under registration. Yearly registration is generally held mid-summer. Registration details (dates/times) can be found on the district's web site.
1. Must present a certified or registered birth certificate for the student at the time of enrollment.
2. Category I (One (1) document required)
Most recent tax bill
Mortgage papers (homeowners)
Closing papers on a recently purchased house
Signed and dated lease
3. Category II (One (1) document showing proper address is required)
Anyone with a Custody Order Seeking to Enroll a Student
Present court order, agreement, judgment, or decree that awards or gives custody of the student to any person (including divorce decrees awarding custody to one or both parents).
Non-Parent Seeking to Enroll a Student
Must complete and sign Evidence of Non-Parent's Custody, Control, and Responsibility of a Student form, along with district approval. (This must be done on a yearly basis).
The school district reserves the right to evaluate the evidence presented; merely presenting the items listed in this procedure does not guarantee admission.
If a student is determined to be a nonresident of the District for whom tuition must be charged, the persons enrolling the student are liable for non-resident tuition from the date the student began attending a District school as a non-resident.
A person who knowingly enrolls or attempts to enroll in this School District on a tuition-free basis a student known by that person to be a nonresident of the District is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, except in very limited situations as defined in State law (105 ILCS 5/10-20.12b(e).
A person who knowingly or willfully presents to the School District any false information regarding the residency of a student for the purpose of enabling that student to attend any school in that District without the payment of a nonresident tuition charge is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor (105 ILCS 5/10-20.12b(f).