Required Documents

When your family is ready to register for Boston Public Schools, please bring the following documents to a Family Resource Center (FRC):

All of these:

1. Child’s original birth certificate (with raised seal), passport, or Form I-94. Students who were previously in BPS may provide their BPS student number instead. Use of passport instead of original birth certificate requires completion of a BPS Parent Affidavit (available at the FRC)
2. Child's up-to-date immunization record.  See this chart of required immunizations. Contact BPS Health Services, 617-635-6788, if you have questions
3. Parent/Guardian photo ID

Two of these:
Documents must be pre-printed with the name and current address of the student's parent/guardian (or the student if 18 years of age or older). Items may not be from the same bullet.

• A Utility Bill (not water or cell phone) dated within the past 60 days
• A current Lease, Section 8 Agreement, or BPS Landlord Affidavit
• A Deed, Mortgage Payment dated within the past 60 days, or property tax bill dated within the past year. Deeds may be downloaded from www.suffolkdeeds.com
• A W2 form dated within the year or a Payroll Stub dated within the past 60 days 
• A Bank or Credit Card Statement dated within the past 60 days. For online bill payment, a printout of the statement may also be acceptable, if it includes the parent/guardian name, home address and date
• A Letter from an Approved Government Agency* dated within the past 60 days

*Approved government agencies:  Departments of Revenue (DOR), Children and Family Services (DCF), Transitional Assistance (DTA), Youth Services (DYS), Social Security, any communications on Commonwealth of Massachusetts letterhead

At a minimum, families registering for school should bring five documents to the Family Resource Center:

1. Child's birth certificate, passport, or I-94 form
2. Child's up-to-date immunization record
3. Parent/Guardian photo ID
4. First proof of Boston residency as outlined above
5. Second proof of Boston residency - may not be from the same bullet as the first

Required Documents: Download a complete checklist here. This includes the chart of required immunizations by grade level.

Recommended: BPSExpress, online pre-registration available mid-December

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