Please visit https://www.hcpss.org/enroll/#docs for a complete list of residency documents required for enrollment. Additional documents are required depending on the reason for reassignment.
At the Board of Education meeting on June 24, 2021, it was announced that a fully virtual instructional delivery option will be available to students in grades K-6 who committed to fully digital instruction in the spring. This digital option is a one-year solution designed to help bridge younger students back to normalized, in-person instruction as HCPSS moves beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the Board of Education meeting on June 24, 2021, it was announced that a fully virtual instructional delivery option will be available to students in grades K-6 who committed to fully digital instruction in the spring. This digital option is a one-year solution designed to help bridge younger students back to normalized, in-person instruction as HCPSS moves beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
Guest families residing with host families may establish residency through the completion of the Multiple Family Disclosure form. This paperwork is completed by the Pupil Personnel Worker assigned to the school.
Please reach out to your designated school for assistance with this process.
No. A family must reside in Howard County, Maryland in order to enroll in HCPSS.
Per HCPSS Policy 9000: A person's bona fide residence is their principal residence maintained in good faith. It does not include a temporary residence or a superficial residence established for the purpose of attendance in the HCPSS. Evaluation of a person’s bona fide residence is a factual one and will be made on an individual basis.
Per Howard County Board of Education Policy 8020 Grading and Reporting: Middle and High School, To be promoted to grade 11, students must have ten credits including one English credit and one mathematics credit and two years of high school attendance.
A student must have already met these requirements prior to their move to be eligible for the junior status exception.
Per Howard County Board of Education Policy 9000 Student Residency, Eligibility, Enrollment and Assignment, reassignments will not be granted for the following reasons:
Every family has an option to complete the current school year at the school in which they are enrolled. If a family moves out of Howard County, they have the same option, but tuition will be assessed.
