INCOMING REQUESTS

Parents/legal guardians requesting an Inter-District Transfer into the Orange Unified School District must first obtain a signed release from their district of residence.  The release should be taken to the school the parent/legal guardian wishes the student to attend.  The school will verify the availability of space in the school and/or program requested and notify the parent/legal guardian of the status of their request.  School sites will forward the request to the office of Student and Community Services and requests will be processed.

 

OUTGOING Requests

Parents/legal guardians requesting an Inter-District Transfer to a school outside the District must first obtain a release from the Orange Unified School District.  

Please return your completed Inter-District Transfer Agreement Form along with a letter explaining your reasons for requesting the transfer to the physical address or email listed below.  If your student is currently attending the school you are requesting, please provide proof of enrollment, current report card, or attendance report. Inter-District Transfer requests will be processed within 10 to 14 business days.

Orange Unified School District 
Office of Student and Community Services
1401 N. Handy St., Building J
Orange, CA  92867

Or send via email to:
cmartinez@orangeusd.org

DOWNLOAD INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFER FORM

 

Inter-District Transfer Agreements for students may be approved for the following reasons:

1. To meet the student's special mental or physical health needs as certified by a physician, school psychologist or other appropriate school personnel.
2. When the student has a sibling(s) attending school in the receiving District, to avoid splitting the family's attendance.
3. To allow the student to complete a school year when his/her parents/legal guardians have moved out of the District during that year.
4. To allow the student to remain with a class graduating that year from an elementary, middle or high school.
5. To allow seniors attend the same school they attended as juniors, and juniors attend the same school they attended as sophomores.
6. When the parent/legal guardian provides written evidence that, the family will be moving into the District in the immediate future and would like the student to start the year in the District.
7. When recommended by the School Attendance Review Board or by County Child Welfare, probation, or social service agency staff in documented cases of serious home or community problems which make it inadvisable for the student to attend the school of residence.

8. When there is valid interest in a particular educational program not offered in the District of residence. 

9. To provide change in a specific school environment for reasons of personal and social adjustment. (Requires documentation and does not apply to students going from elementary to middle school or middle school to high school.) Special requests should be accompanied by a written explanation and will be reviewed and considered on an individual basis.

Students who are under consideration for expulsion or who have been expelled will be denied any Inter-District Transfer requests while expulsion proceedings are pending, or during the term of the expulsion.

 

INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFER APPEAL PROCESS

When a student’s Inter-District Transfer is denied, the Office of Student & Community Services will provide a written explanation for the denial to the parent/legal guardian via email and postal mail.  If you would like to appeal the denial, please follow the sequence below.  If you have any questions please email Connie Martinez at cmartinez@orangeusd.org.

FIRST APPEAL: Executive Director, Student and Community Services

• Parents/guardians must submit a written appeal within 10 business days of receiving the denial notice. The appeal should include any additional information or documentation that supports the request for reconsideration. A decision will be rendered within 20 business days of receiving the appeal.

SECOND APPEAL: Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services

• Parents/guardians must submit a written appeal within 10 business days of receiving the FIRST APPEAL denial notice. The appeal should include any additional information or documentation that supports the request for reconsideration. A decision will be rendered within 20 business days of receiving the appeal.

THIRD APPEAL: Board of Education, Orange County Department of Education

• Parents/guardians may appeal a school district's decision regarding a request for interdistrict transfer, within 30 calendar days of the date of the school district's SECOND APPEAL denial, to the county board of education.