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NOTICE OF INTENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERDISTRICT PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAM

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For Non-public School students and students who have not attended a school in their district of residence (Sending District) for one year (including kindergarten students), please contact the Choice District in which you are interested for information about applications.

For Public School Students who have attended a school in their district of residence (Sending District) for one year:  Please use the Notice of Intent to Participate Form.

  • Complete the Notice of Intent to Participate.
  • Make a copy of the Notice of Intent to Participate for yourself and one for the Choice District.
  • Call the Parent Information Center for the Choice District to which you are applying and ask for the Choice District's procedure for filing the Notice of Intent to Participate with your Sending District.
  • The Notice of Intent to Participate must be received by your Sending District by November 15.
  • To ensure delivery of the Notice of Intent by the due date, use one of the following:
    • mail the Notice of Intent to Participate to your Sending District via certified mail, return receipt requested; or
    •  deliver the Notice of Intent to Participate directly to the Superintendent of your Sending District, getting a signed and dated receipt from the person to whom you deliver the Notice of Intent to Participate; or
    • if instructed to do so by the Choice District, take the Notice of Intent to Participate to the designated person at the Choice District to which you are applying, so that Choice District personnel can deliver the Notice of Intent to Participate to your Sending District. Obtain a signed and dated receipt from the person to whom you deliver the Notice of Intent.

NOTE: It is ESSENTIAL that you obtain and keep a signed and dated receipt for the delivery of the Notice of Intent to Participate in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program.

For more information and all application forms, contact the Choice District in which you are interested.