After you submit your online registration your application will be pending. You will receive an email from the district registrar once your application has been reviewed. This email will contain the required documentation needed to complete the registration process. Please note that your child is not officially registered until all the required documents are received. 

**NOTE: Parents MUST complete the online registration prior to the registration appointment.

In addition to completing the paper forms in the registration packet, parents/legal guardians are required to provide:

1. Picture I.D. for Identification Purposes (e.g. Driver’s License, Employee ID)

2. Proof of Ownership or Rent (See Below Group A)

• A copy of a residential lease or proof of ownership of a house or condominium, such as a deed or mortgage statement.

• Statement by a third-party landlord, owner, or tenant from whom the parent or person in parental relation 

• Such other statement by a third party establishes the parents or person in parental relation’s physical presence in the District.

3. Proof of Residency (See Below Group B) -  Two Forms Required

• Pay Stub

• Income tax form

• Utility or other bills

• Membership documents based upon residency [e.g. Tonawanda Youth & Recreation Card]

• Voter registration document

• Official driver’s license, learner’s permit, or non-driver identification

• Documents issued by federal, state, or local agencies (e.g, local social service agency, federal Office of Refugee Resettlement); or

• Evidence of custody of the child, including but not limited to judicial custody orders or guardianship papers

4. Student’s Proof of Age

• A certified transcript of a birth certificate or record of baptism

• Passport (if no certified transcript of a birth certificate or record of baptism)

• If no certified transcript of a birth certificate or record of baptism or passport, the school district may consider other documentation in existence for two years or more:

  • Official driver’s license;

  • State or other government-issued identification;

  • School photo identification with date of birth;

  • Consulate identification card

  • Hospital or health records

  • Military dependent identification card;

  • Documents issued by federal, state, or local agencies (e.g., local social service    agency, federal Office of Refugee Resettlement);

  • Court orders or other court-issued documents;

  • Native American tribal documents; or

  • Records from non-profit international aid agencies and voluntary agencies

5. Health Records

• Proof of Immunization

6. School Records (If your child has already attended school)

• Official transcripts or other school records of the previous school(s) attended

• Most recent report card

7. Special Education Students - Required if Applicable

• Current Copy of the Individual Education Plan (IEP)

• Current Copy of the 504 Plan

8. Foster Placement Children - DS#2999 Form - Required if Applicable

9. Evidence of Parental Status - Required if Applicable (Custody papers in the form of a court order of custody are acceptable.) Registrant must be able to demonstrate they are the person in parental relation to the child, over whom they have total and permanent custody and control.