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Non-Resident Attendance 2025-26

While each request will be considered individually, approval of non-resident requests ultimately will be based on space availability in the grade or program requested.  As our enrollment numbers change throughout the year, our ability to accept non-resident applications may be impacted.

All three steps must be complete before the district will review  your child's application:

  1. Request a Choice Transfer/Release of Attendance from your RESIDENT school. In most cases, this process can be completed electronically through the online OSPI Choice Transfer Portal. If your resident school district does not support the OSPI Online Choice Transfer Portal, please contact them directly for a paper form.
     
  2. Complete the 2025-26 Steilacoom SD Request for Non-Resident Attendance form (online AdobeSign document).  When all required fields are completed, click "Finalize Document" at the bottom of the screen and the form will come directly to our office for processing.
     
  3. **NEW REQUESTS ONLY** Send the following documents from the past two school years (2023-24 AND 2024-25) to enrollment@steilacoom.k12.wa.us:
  • Transcript/Grades
  • Attendance Records
  • Discipline Records

Please contact enrollment@steilacoom.k12.wa.us for questions or assistance.
 

IMPORTANT NOTES:

  • District bus transportation is NOT provided for approved non-resident students.
     
  • Transfer requests will be considered according to the following criteria per Policy 3141:
    • Financial hardship to the district;
    • Space availability in grade level or class;
    • Appropriate availability of educational programs or services;
    • Health/safety risk to other students or staff;
    • Educational records indicate a history of violent or disruptive behavior or gang membership; and/or
    • Student has been suspended or expelled more than 10 consecutive days from a public school.
       
  • Secondary students who are admitted as nonresident students are subject to the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association’s (WIAA) eligibility rules.