| All children who are five (5) years of age or over, but younger than 21 years of age on September 1 of any school year in which admission is sought and who reside within the Fort Bend ISD or has a parent/legal guardian (assigned by a court of law) who resides within the FBISD are eligible to attend Fort Bend ISD schools.
To enroll a child in the Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities, the child must be:
- Three (3) to five (5) years of age,
- eligible for special education and recommended by the ARD committee for placement.
To enroll in the Fort Bend ISD Pre-kindergarten program, a child must be:
- four years old on or before September 1, 2009, and
- unable to speak or comprehend the English language, eligible for free/reduced lunch according to federal guidelines, homeless, in foster care (currently or previously) or must have a parent currently on active military duty (or injured or killed while on active duty)
A child must be five (5) years of age on or before September 1 to enroll in kindergarten. To enter first grade, a student must be six (6) years of age by the first day of school or has either been enrolled in the first grade or has completed kindergarten in a public school of another state prior to transferring to a Texas public school. A child must be enrolled by the child's parent, guardian, or a person with legal control established via a court order. The District must record the name, address, and date of birth of the person enrolling the child; therefore, an updated Texas Driver’s License or Texas ID card containing the parent’s/guardian’s FBISD address will be requested at the time of enrollment. [see Board Policy FD(LEGAL).]
To enroll a child in Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten or first grade, the following documents are needed:
- birth certificate or its equivalent,
- most recent report card or grade transcript,
- immunization records,
- proof of residence, including a deed, lease or mortgage agreement, a recent utility bill (water, gas, electric),
- a student's social security card (will be requested) or state assigned ID number, and
- a government issued photo ID of the student’s parent or guardian, which provides their FBISD address (TX Driver’s License/ID Card)
To enroll a student in grades 2-12, the following is required:
- birth certificate or its equivalent (for students younger than age 12)
- most recent report card or grade transcript,
- immunization records,
- proof of residence, including a deed, lease or mortgage agreement, a recent utility bill (water, gas, electric),
- a student's social security card (will be requested) or state assigned ID number, and
- a government issued photo ID of the student’s parent or guardian, which provides their FBISD address (TX Driver’s License/ID Card)
Registration must be completed at the school in which the child's residence address is zoned within the FBISD; therefore, parents must contact their child’s zoned school for additional enrollment information.
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