Interdistrict Transfers
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ENGLISH
Transfers across district lines require permission from both districts. 2024-25 Applications are available upon request. Please email enrollment-office@pps.net or call 503-916-3205.ESPAÑOL
Las transferencias a través de las líneas del distrito requieren permiso de ambos distritos. 2024-25 Aplicaciones disponibles a pedido. Envíe un correo electrónico a enrollment-office@pps.net o llame al 503-916-3205.
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General Inter-District Information
Students who live in the boundaries of other school districts may request transfer into ½ûÂþÌìÌà schools, and students who live in the ½ûÂþÌìÌà district may ask for permission to attend schools in other districts. There are state laws that govern the inter-district transfer process. Generally, transfer decisions are made in the spring for the following school year.
Twelve things to know about Inter-district Transfers
- Students who move during the school year to a home located in a different school district may automatically remain in their current school through the end of the year. However, they do need to receive both a release from their new resident district and approval from their current district in order for the transfer to extend to the next school year.
- Students who wish to transfer to a different district for the first time must also receive permission from both districts.
- Transfer priorities and deadlines vary between districts. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible in both districts to avoid missing deadlines. See the list of inter-district contacts below.
- Foster students and families experiencing homelessness may be exempt from inter-district transfer rules. Call ½ûÂþÌìÌà or your resident district to learn more.
- ½ûÂþÌìÌà prioritizes students who have recently moved across district lines, and/or have siblings already enrolled in their requested district. Review current Resolution for the latest ½ûÂþÌìÌà Board approved priorities and timelines.
- If both districts agree to the transfer, your child may enroll in your requested school next year.
- If either district does not agree to the transfer, your child will have to attend school in your resident district or pay tuition to attend your requested school.
- Releases out of a district are always good through 12th grade.
- Transfers into ½ûÂþÌìÌà remain in effect through the highest grade of the approved school. For example, if a child is given permission to attend a K-5 school beginning in 1st grade, the family does not have to ask again to remain in that school, but does need to make a new request to attend a ½ûÂþÌìÌà school for 6th grade.
- Transfers can be revoked if a student does not meet attendance or behavior standards.
- Families always have the right to return to their home school in their resident district.
Inter-district transfer laws are complex and have changed considerably over the past several years. Feel free to call the Enrollment and Transfer Center at any time to learn how current rules apply to your particular circumstance.
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Inter-district Transfer Resources
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Inter-District Transfer Requests Into ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ
If you live outside of the ½ûÂþÌìÌà district boundary, you must receive permission from both districts prior to the start of the next school year in order to have your child attend a Portland Public School.
The Board of Directors for ½ûÂþÌìÌà voted on April 2, 2024 to allow an unlimited number of students to transfer into ½ûÂþÌìÌà if they apply by September 1, 2024 and meet at least one of the following priorities:
i. Students who had a legal change of residence out of the ½ûÂþÌìÌà boundary during the past year will be allowed to remain enrolled at their current ½ûÂþÌìÌà schools.
ii. Students who have siblings already enrolled in ½ûÂþÌìÌà will be accepted, so long as space is available at the requested schools.
iii. Students who have reached the highest grade of their current ½ûÂþÌìÌà schools and wish to continue at the next school level (such as elementary to middle school or middle to high school), so long as space is available at the requested schools.
Additionally, up to 100 students who do not qualify for any of the above priorities will be admitted to ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ, so long as space is available at the requested schools.
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Inter-District Transfer Requests Out of ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ
If you live in the ½ûÂþÌìÌà district boundary but wish to have your child attend school in a different district, you must receive permission from both districts.
The Portland Public School Board votes yearly to allow resident students who meet the specific qualifications to be released to other districts, so long as they apply by September 1 of the school year. Typical criteria might be:
- Students who had a legal change of residence into the ½ûÂþÌìÌà boundary during the past year will be released from ½ûÂþÌìÌà in order to remain enrolled in their current districts.
- Students not yet enrolled in a different district will be released from ½ûÂþÌìÌà if they have siblings enrolled in their requested districts during the 2023-24 school year who will remain enrolled during 2024-25.
Resident students must also receive permission from their requested district before the start of the 2024-2025 for the release to be valid. Releases to other districts remain in effect through 12th grade.
Students who do not meet the criteria above will not be released from ½ûÂþÌìÌà through the standard inter-district process. Click the following link to learn about state rules for emergency/hardship transfers: /cms/lib/OR01913224/Centricity/domain/182/transfer/interdistrict transfer/Interdistrict_Emergency-Hardship_Transfers.pdf
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Releases to Online Charter Schools in Other Districts
Oregon sponsors online charter schools available to residents free of charge. Therefore, ½ûÂþÌìÌà does not release students to online charter schools operated by other districts unless there is evidence of a specific emergency or hardship that can only be resolved by that specific online charter school.
For a list of Oregon Virtual Charters, go to
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Other District Contacts
DISTRICT
CONTACT
Inter-District Web Address
EMAIL ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER
Banks Julie Turner juliet@banks.k12.or.us (503) 324-8591 Beaverton Michelle Magee interdistricttransfer@beaverton.k12.or.us (503) 356-4429 Canby Kamela Davis davisk2@canby.k12.or.us (503) 266-0004 Centennial Angie Colantino angela_colantino@csd28j.org (503) 762-3627 Colton Marissa Parham parhamm@colton.k12.or.us (503) 824-3535 David Douglas Laurie Brunelle laurie_brunelle@ddsd40.org (503) 261-8201 Dayton Candy Duer candy.duer@dayton.k12.or.us (503) 864-2215 Estacada Denise Pemberton pembertond@estacada.k12.or.us (503) 630-6871 x2907 Forest Grove Kathy Bahnsen kbahnsen@fgsd.k12.or.us (503) 359-2406 Gaston Linda Smith smithl@gaston.k12.or.us (503) 985-0210 Gladstone Jennifer Zamora zamoraj@gladstone.k12.or.us (503) 496-3935 Gresham-Barlow Nancy Singleterry singleterry@gresham.k12.or.us (503) 261-4579 Hillsboro Katie Russell russellk@hsd.k12.or.us (503) 844-1771 Lake Oswego Shelli Fought foughts@loswego.k12.or.us (503) 534-2490 Lebanon Ruth Hopkins ruth.hopkins@lebanon.k12.or.us (541) 451-8458 Lincoln County Jody Becker jody.becker@lincoln.k12.or.us (541) 265-4408 Marcola Kim Taylor ktaylor@marcola.k12.or.us (541) 933-2512 Molalla River Missy Grindle missy.grindle@molallariv.k12.or.us (503) 829-2359 Newberg Shanna Andres andress@newberg.k12.or.us (503) 554-5007 North Clackamas Rachel Vidalez vidalezr@nclack.k12.or.us (503) 353-6048 North Marion Diane Laubsch diane.laubsch@nmarion.k12.or.us (503) 678-7100 Nyssa Jacoby Hernandez jhernandez@nyssasd.org (541) 372-2275 Oregon City Rian Hood Transfer@orecity.k12.or.us (503) 785-8430 Oregon Trail Trisha Eri trisha.eri@ortrail.k12.or.us (503) 668-5541 Parkrose Susan Fox transfers@parkrose.k12.or.us (503) 408-2100 Portland Public Keisha Mateo ½ûÂþÌìÌà Transfers kmateo@pps.net (503) 916-3205 Rainier Lisa Skeans lisa_skeans@rsd.k12.or.us (503) 556-3777 x263 Reynolds transfers@rsd7.net (503) 661-7200 Riverdale Hilary Chandler hchandler@riverdale.k12.or.us (503) 262-4840 Salem-Keizer Nancy Sweeney sweeney_nancy@salkeiz.k12.or.us (503) 399-2632 x204604 Scappoose Julie Hinkle jhinkle@scappoose.k12.or.us (971) 200-8000 Sherwood Carrie Mower cmower@sherwood.k12.or.us. (503) 825-5011 St. Helens Donna Rethati donnar@sthelens.k12.or.us (503) 366-7226 Tigard-Tualatin Emma Gomez transfers@ttsd.k12.or.us (503) 431-4003 West Linn-Wilsonville Kelly Douglas douglask@wlwv.k12.or.us (503) 673-7034 Woodburn Jenne Marquez j.marquez@woodburnsd.org (503) 981-2713
Transfers within ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ
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Are you looking for information on how to transfer to another school within the ½ûÂþÌìÌà District? Please visit the the petition process page at www.pps.net/petitionprocess