United Public Schools

Descriptor Code: FAA – 1

School enrollment procedures to aid identification and location of lost, missing, and runaway children.

1. When a child enrolls in a public school for the first time, the school shall:
a. Require the child’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian to present to the school, or school superintendent of the jurisdiction, within forty days of enrollment, proof of identity of the child
b. Request the appropriate school records for the child from the previous school attended by the child. The school enrolling the child shall make the request within thirty days of enrollment of the child.
2. If a child’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian does not present the proof of identity required in subsection 1 within forty days of enrollment or if the school does not receive the school records of the child within sixty days of enrollment, the school, or school superintendent of the jurisdiction shall notify the bureau and a local law enforcement authority that no proof of identity has been presented for the child.
3. “Proof of identity” means a certified copy of a birth certificate, a certified transcript, or similar student records from the previous school, or any other documentary evidence the school, or school superintendent considers appropriate proof of identity.


Adopted: November 2016