Enrollment

Campuses currently closed for transfers are:

• Davis Elementary
• Freeman Elementary
• La Villita Elementary
• Landry Elementary
• McLaughlin Strickland Elementary

General Information
Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD (CFBISD) is accepting applications for in district and out of district transfers during the assigned transfer/application window.

The number of openings for Transfers is limited and will be determined based on campus and grade level capacity, growth projections, teacher allocations, and/or other administrative considerations. The CFBISD Board of Trustees reserves the right to discontinue the Transfer/Admission process at the end of any successive school year.
There is a tuition fee for students applying for the Early Learning (Parent Pays for PK) Academy.

Transportation
School bus transportation is NOT provided to transfer students.  Transfer students must be delivered and picked up on time.  Requesting and accepting a transfer constitutes a parent’s assurance that safe and timely transportation will be provided to and from the approved campus.  A transfer may be revoked if the parent does not provide safe and timely transportation.

Application Standards
All applications for Transfer/Admission must:

• Offer proof of 90% attendance for the previous semester and the most recent grading period.

• Have a positive behavior record verified by:

• Conduct grades on the report card (OOD)

• Teacher notes on the report card (OOD)

• No disciplinary office referrals that resulted in suspension (in school, out of school, emergency action)

• No disciplinary infractions that resulted in placement at: Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP), or Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (JJAEP) during the current year and prior school years. (OOD and ID)

Application Procedures

• Parents may submit an application during the transfer period.

• Parents will submit a complete application at https://www.cfbisd.edu/choice

• Parents will be notified via email of acceptance or denial of the application. 

• If the parent decides to reject the approval, he/she should notify the office of student services

• After acceptance, the parents may complete online enrollment at https://cfb.teams.hosting/registration

Approval
Students will be approved for Transfer/Admission based on space, program availability, and upon meeting all required criteria.

Waiting List
Students may be placed on a waiting list if the campus/grade level is full and action will be taken if space becomes available.

Denial
Reasons for denial of application include:

• History of poor attendance, late arrivals, late pick-ups, and/or disciplinary infractions.

• Falsification of information on the application and/or related documents. 

• Failure to meet district criteria for Transfer/Admission. 

• Limited space availability.

• Limited campus staffing. 

Reasons for Revocation at the End of the School Year

• Failure to abide by the rules specified in the CFBISD Student Code of Conduct

• Student commits a disciplinary infraction that mandates removal to the DAEP or JJAEP

• Documented pattern of late arrivals, late pick-ups, and/or poor attendance

• Student charged with committing a felony offense

• Falsification of information

• Failure to meet the enrollment criteria annually 

Procedures for Revoking Transfer/Admission:

• During the fall semester, the campus administrator and the Office of Student Services will review transfer students' attendance and discipline.  Those students who do not meet the transfer criteria will be notified that revocation may be considered.

• The campus administrator must notify the parent of the revocation and the reason(s) for the revocation at the end of the school year.   

Other Notes

• The CFBISD Board of Trustees may expand or discontinue the Transfer and Admission policy at the end of any given school year. 

• There is no guarantee that siblings will be approved to attend CFBISD, or a specified campus through the Transfer and Admission process.

• All Transfer and Admission students must submit a new application when requesting to move to a different feeder pattern school after 5th and 8th grade. 

• If your child is otherwise eligible for a Signature Program/Academy and your child has an Individual Education Program (IEP), acceptance will be contingent on Admission, Review, and Dismissal Committee (ARDC) action. 

By marking I agree in the appropriate box, you acknowledge and testify that you have read and agreed to the Admission and Transfer Procedures and Policies. 
 

Per Board Policy FDA (LOCAL), the district will consider requests for transfers from students who reside outside the boundaries of CFBISD. The applicant will be considered subject to the following:

1. School to school transfers are not permitted during the school year. Transfers may be requested during the following times:

   • Current CFBISD students: for the following school year during an open transfer window

   • Current CFBISD students who have moved outside the district and want to remain at their current campus: year-round AFTER the move

   • New Out of District students: year-round PRIOR to enrollment

   • New in district students that have never enrolled in a CFBISD school

2. Approval shall be based on the following:

   • Available space at the requested campus 

   • In the prior year, the student had no more than 8 unexcused absences and no more than 10 unexcused late arrivals to school and total attendance was 90% or better

   • In the prior year, the student was not expelled or placed at DAEP, and did not engage in persistent misbehavior

   • Other geographic, grade level, and enrollment considerations as determined by the district

3. The parent and student accepting a transfer agree to abide by the receiving school's standards for attendance, discipline, and parental cooperation.

4. School bus transportation is NOT provided to transfer students. 

5. Transfer students are subject to the University Interscholastic League (UIL) rules and local District guidelines. A student may not transfer to a different school for the primary purpose of participation in extracurricular activities. Transfer students in grades 6-8 may participate in all activities.

   • Athletics: In most cases transfer students in grades 9-12 can expect to be ineligible to participate in varsity level competitive athletics for a period of at least one year from the first date of attending the new campus. Transfer students who elect at a later time to reverse their transfer and return to the home campus will be ineligible for a period of one year from the date of first attending classes at the home school.

6. Out of District Students must reapply for a transfer on an annual basis to continue attendance at your school/ program of choice, select Renew Out of District Transfer.

7. Transfer applications will be approved or denied by the Office of Student Services, not by the campus. Parents will be notified, by email, of the approval or denial of the transfer request.

Per Board Policy FDA (LOCAL), the district will consider requests for transfers from students who reside outside the boundaries of CFBISD. The applicant will be considered subject to the following:

1. School to school transfers are not permitted during the school year. Transfers may be requested during the following times:

   • Current CFBISD students: for the following school year during an open transfer window

   • Current CFBISD students who have moved outside the district and want to remain at their current campus: year-round AFTER the move

   • New Out of District students: year-round PRIOR to enrollment.

   • New in district students that have never enrolled in a CFBISD school

2. Approval shall be based on the following:

   • Available space at the requested campus 

   • In the prior year, the student had no more than 8 unexcused absences and no more than 10 unexcused late arrivals to school and total attendance was 90% or better

   • In the prior year, the student was not expelled or placed at DAEP, and did not engage in persistent misbehavior

   • Other geographic, grade level, and enrollment considerations as determined by the district

3. Once approved for a transfer, an in-district student will automatically progress through the level unless another transfer request is submitted and granted to attend a different school and/or feeder pattern for the next school year. All Transfer/Admission students must submit a new application requesting to move to a different feeder pattern school after 5th and 8th grade.

4. A student may request a transfer to a different school and/or feeder pattern for the following school year only during an open transfer window.

5. A student may request to cancel a transfer and return to the campus zoned for his/her address at the end of a school year. Return to the zoned campus is not guaranteed during the school year.

6. The parent and student accepting a transfer agree to abide by the receiving school's standards for academic progress, attendance, discipline, and parental cooperation.

7. School bus transportation is NOT provided to transfer students.

8. Transfer students are subject to the University Interscholastic League (UIL) rules and local District guidelines. A student may not transfer to a different school for the primary purpose of participation in extracurricular activities. Transfer students in grades 6-8 may participate in all activities.

   • Athletics: In most cases transfer students in grades 9-12 can expect to be ineligible to participate in varsity level competitive athletics for a period of at least one year from the first date of attending the new campus. Transfer students who elect at a later time to reverse their transfer and return to the home campus will be ineligible for a period of one year from the date of first attending classes at the home school.

9. The transfer process is NOT applicable to students PLACED on a particular campus to receive special education or other specific district educational services.

10. Transfer applications will be approved or denied by the Office of Student Services, not the campus. Parents will be notified by email of the approval or denial of the transfer request.

Complaints concerning intradistrict transfers or campus assignment shall be submitted in accordance with FDB. Any appeals shall be made in accordance with FNG(LOCAL) and GF(LOCAL), as appropriate.  The forms for filing a complaint are available in the Office of Student Services.

When can I request a transfer?
Applications are considered during an open transfer window or when a current student moves and wants to remain at his or her current campus year-round AFTER the move.  School to school transfers for current students are not allowed during the school year.   New students to CFBISD may request a transfer outside of these windows, prior to enrolling or attending in the district.

Who can request a transfer?
CFBISD accepts transfer applications to attend a school other than the one zoned by address.  Any student who lives in the boundaries of CFBISD and children of CFBISD employees.  Additionally, the district accepts transfer applications from other students who reside outside of CFBISD.

What are the eligibility requirements to receive a transfer?
In the prior year students must have no more than 8 unexcused absences, no more than 10 unexcused late arrivals to school, and total attendance (excused and unexcused) must be 90% or better.  Also in the prior year, the students must not have been expelled, placed at DAEP, or engaged in persistent misbehavior (3 or more office referrals)

What if I move and want my child to stay at his or her current school?
We accept transfer requests year-round for students who have moved out of the attendance zone and would like to remain at their current school.  After you have moved, please bring the first gas, water, or electric bill to your student’s campus so they can change your address in our system. If your new home is still within CFBISD boundaries you fill out a Request to Remain form, if you moved outside of CFBISD boundaries, contact the Office of Student Services to gain access to the transfer application system to complete a transfer request. 

Can my child play varsity if we do not live in the school’s attendance zone?
Per the UIL, to be varsity eligible, a student must live in the attendance zone of which the campus is located. If a student does not live in the attendance zone of the campus he or she has enrolled in, then the student athlete must sit out for one year of “varsity” athletics. The student athlete can still play on sub varsity teams during this one year of ineligibility.

What if my child enrolls into an academy or CTE program at a campus where we do not live in that attendance zone, will he or she be eligible to participate at the varsity level?
CFBISD offers different Academy and CTE programs at all four high schools. The student athlete would be eligible to participate at the varsity level IF this is the “first opportunity” to participate at the campus. First opportunity means that the student athlete is enrolling as a freshman into an Academy or CTE program offered at the campus that he or she is enrolling in as an incoming 9th grader and must have a letter of acceptance to be granted first opportunity to participate at the varsity level.

What if my child enrolls into an Academy or CTE program as a sophomore, junior or senior and this causes my child to switch CFBISD schools; would my child be able to play varsity sports?
No, unfortunately, the student athlete established varsity eligibility upon enrolling in their home campus as a freshman, therefore loses one year of varsity eligibility. The student athlete may still play on the sub varsity teams.

What if my child enrolls into an Academy or CTE program and does not like it and wants to return to his or her home attendance zone high school. Is he or she eligible back at their home campus?
No, the student athlete would be ineligible to play varsity sports for one year from date of enrollment back into the home campus as the student athlete was granted varsity eligibility for “first opportunity” at the previous school. He or she may play on the sub varsity teams for that one year of ineligibility.

What if my child lives in the CFBISD extended zone which is located outside of the school district, can my child play sports in high school?
Yes, however, the student athlete would only be eligible for sub varsity sport teams due to living in another school district’s attendance zone. Per UIL, the student athlete loses one year of varsity eligibility but can play on a sub varsity team during this one year of ineligibility.

What if one of my children was declared varsity eligible by attending an Academy at one of the high schools but my other child who does not want to attend an Academy program but just wants to go to the same school as the older sibling. Can my other child enroll in that school and play varsity sports like my other child?
The second sibling may enroll in the school, however, if not in a CFBISD approved Academy or CTE program as an incoming freshman; living outside the school’s attendance zone would automatically cause the student athlete to lose one year of varsity eligibility. The student athlete would be able to play on the sub varsity teams.

What if my child wants to play on a sports team for a high school that is not my attendance zone high school because my child’s club or league team mates play on that high school team?
Per the UIL, a student athlete would be considered ineligible for transferring to or into a high school which is not the student’s home attendance zone AND is transferring for athletic purposes because club or league teammates or club are attending that high school.

If my child transfers from one CFBISD high school to another CFBISD high school, is her or she eligible for varsity athletics?
No, the student athlete loses one year of varsity eligibility.

Is CFBISD a “Freedom of Choice” or “Magnet School”?
No.  However, CFBISD allows transfers within the school district and from the extended zones but that does not make a student athlete eligible to participate on the varsity level for one calendar year.

Can my child go to school part time and play sports?
No, all student athletes must be full time students, enrolled in CFBISD schools to participate in sports.

What Academy or CTE programs are approved CFBISD programs for “first opportunity”?
Academies: METSA, BIO MED, AMAT, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, LAW/CRIMINAL JUSTICE, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY, INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE, EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.

CTE PATHWAYS: CULINARY ARTS (NSHS), COSMETOLOGY (RLT), VET TECH, HOSPITALITY-TOURISM, ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL TRADES.

https://tea.texas.gov/academics/college-career-and-military-prep/career-and-technical-education/approved-cte-programs-of-study

If you have any additional questions about UIL regulations, please contact the athletics department. Their contact information can be found https://www.cfbisd.edu/students/programs-of-choice/athletics.