Transfer Requests Update – Online Enrollment

Transfer Requests

Procedures for Initiating a Transfer Request for Incoming Students in Grades K-12

You must first complete the enrollment process via PowerSchool. Then, complete the transfer request forms online and submit them. Incomplete forms will not be considered. Links to the forms are included on this page, below.

Junior High and High School transfer request forms are available on this site beginning March 1st.
Elementary transfer requests will be available beginning April 15th. Any submissions submitted prior to April 15th will not be processed.

Your home school principal, the receiving school principal, and the Executive Director of the receiving school Learning Community will review the request. In most instances, notification of the decision for a transfer request is communicated within sixty (60) days after receiving a completed request. Please be advised that elementary transfer requests for the next school year are not reviewed until the middle of May. Any requests made for the Spring Semester will be done prior to the close of the Fall Semester.

Transferred students are not eligible for RISD transportation to or from their requested school.

Timelines

Even though notification of the decision for most transfers is within sixty (60) days, due to space limitations and/or teacher allocations, some requests may not be eligible for consideration until the beginning of the school year. Transfers are not considered after the start of a semester, except in extenuating circumstances as determined by the District.

Grade Level	Required Semester	Transfer Requests Accepted
Elementary	Fall 2021	April 15 - August 12
Junior High	Fall 2021	March 1 - August 12
High School	Fall 2021	March 1 - August 12
All Levels	Spring 2022	October 1 - December 15

Intradistrict Transfer Request

An Intradistrict Transfer Request is a request from a family who resides within RISD to attend a school that is not their neighborhood school.
Click here to submit an Intradistrict Transfer Request

Interdistrict Non-Resident Transfer Requests

If you are an RISD employee who lives outside of the district, log into your Light account, which is the system you use to complete your Daily Screener (Health)
- If you do not yet have a Light account, the links are available on the RISD Intranet. Log into your RISD Intranet account. As soon as you have an RISD email account, you have a Light account.
- Or Log into your RISD Intranet account and go to Documents/Calendars/Forms section of the site, navigate to the Forms page and locate the Interdistrict Transfer Application.
If you are not an RISD employee, but you believe you are eligible for an Interdistrict transfer, please contact your school.