There are 3 types of transfers: Inter-District Transfer, Intra-District Transfer / Open Enrollment and Host Schools for Overflow Transfer. Click button below to goto information regarding that type of transfer:
INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFER OPEN ENROLLMENT / INTRA-DISTRICT TRANSFER HOST SCHOOLS FOR OVERFLOW TRANSFER
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Inter-district transfers approved for the 2024-2025 school year will expire in June 2025. New transfer request forms may be dropped off in the Learning & Development Department at the District Office beginning April 2025. An approved inter-district transfer request must be on file for non-residents to attend school in the Milpitas Unified School District.
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TRANSFERRING INTO MUSD:
- California mandates that students attend the public school district in which the residency of the parent/guardian is located, called the District of Residence. Parent/guardian whose residence is outside of MUSD boundaries, and desires their student to attend a school in MUSD, must first obtain an Inter-district Transfer approval from their District of Residence. If the District of Residence approves the Inter-district Transfer, it will be sent to MUSD for processing.
- MUSD will begin accepting and processing Inter-district Transfer requests for the 2025-2026 school year beginning April. Failure of the parent to meet any timelines established by this web site, Board Policy, and/or Administrative Regulation, is deemed to be an abandonment of the request.
- Due to continued high enrollment, MUSD does not anticipate approving any Inter-district Transfers other than those that qualify per Board Policy 5111 and accompanying 5117 Administrative Regulation, which include Randall World Languages School, MUSD employee program (working 10 hours minimum a week), and Senior privilege.
- MUSD will notify parent/guardian of its final decision within the following timeframes:
- Request for transfer during current year: within 30 calendar days from the date the Inter-district Transfer request was received;
- Should it be determined, subsequent to a student’s enrollment, that the student demonstrates significant problems in attendance, performance, or behavior, the Inter-district Transfer approval may be rescinded at any time during the term of the agreement.
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Outgoing inter-district transfer request forms for 2025-2026 school year will be accepted starting March 2025. Fillable outgoing Inter-district Transfer Request Form (for Milpitas residents requesting to be transferred outside of Milpitas Unified School District only). Three verification documents needed:
- Government issued ID
- Current rental agreement or mortgage statement
- Current PG&E bill
Please email the Inter-district Transfer Request Form and the three verification documents to julanimo-garcia@musd.org to complete the process.
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WHAT IS OPEN ENROLLMENT / INTRA-DISTRICT TRANSFER?
The Open Enrollment (Intra-district) policy allows parents of students who reside in the Milpitas Unified School District boundaries to request a transfer from their school of residence (home school) to another school within the Milpitas Unified School District. To apply, students must meet the following requirements:
- All students must live within the boundaries of Milpitas Unified School District and
- All students must have completed address verification and registration at their home school for the grade they will be attending in the upcoming school year.
OPEN ENROLLMENT / INTRA-DISTRICT PROCEDURES
A completed
Open Enrollment / Intra-District request form must be submitted to your resident school or to the district office; Attention: Student Services. Only completed request forms accepted between the first business day in March and the last business day in March will be eligible for the lottery. Request forms are available at all elementary schools, middle schools and district office. If requesting more than one school site, please
use a separate request form for each requested school site. Forms are also available in
Spanish,
Vietnamese, and
Chinese.
- Open Enrollment does not guarantee placement; open enrollment is a random, unbiased selection process that identifies, if available, space for transfer students after resident students are placed.
- Previously approved Open Enrollment transfers need not reapply yearly.
- Transportation is not provided for students who transfer from their home school.
- Poor attendance, behavior and/or failure to cooperate with school district personnel can result in cancellation of your Open Enrollment transfer.
- If your transfer is denied due to space, you may reapply again next year.
OPEN / INTRA-DISTRICT SCHOOLS
The district will be accepting transfer request forms for the following schools:
- Burnett Elementary
- Curtner Elementary
- Pomeroy Elementary
- Rancho Middle
- Rose Elementary
- Russell Middle
- Sinnott Elementary
- Spangler Elementary
- Weller Elementary
- Zanker Elementary
CLOSED SCHOOLS
Mattos Elementary continues to experience an unusual number of enrollment and the district will not be accepting transfer request forms due to capacity.
OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD
The Open Enrollment period runs from the first business day in March to the last business day in March for the upcoming school year. All students must be registered at their home school in order to participate in the Open Enrollment process. Request forms received after the close of the Open Enrollment period will not be processed. Per Board Policy 5116.1, the district will not maintain a waiting list from requests submitted after the close of the Open Enrollment period.
Notifications for placement will be made as soon as practical, but may be as late as
August. Once school has started in August, students previously placed on a waiting list to transfer to another school will not be moved; they will attend their home school until openings at the requested school(s) become available. The waiting list will be maintained through the end of January of the following year.
- When an offer is made you will be given 72 hours to accept or decline the offer. If no response is received your offer will be considered declined.
- To accept an offer you will need to complete an Offer of Acceptance letter at the District Transfers Office.
- If more than one school is requested, accepting an offer for placement at one school site will cancel all other requests on file.
When a student completes registration at their resident school and there is no available space in their grade level at that site, the student is overflowed to another District school that has space available. This placement is temporary and the student MUST return to their resident school when space becomes available except when a transfer is approved through the District’s Open Enrollment process (please see Board Policy 5116.1 and Administrative Regulations 5116.1).
When the District is notified that a student is in need of an overflow placement, the District will review enrollment numbers at other District schools and assign placement accordingly. Parent(s)/guardian(s) will be notified of placement details within 5 school days by their resident school secretary.
Between the months of August and January, if space becomes available at the resident school, a host school for overflow student will be given the option to return to their resident school at that time. A request to finish the year at the overflow school may be approved ONLY for the remainder of the current school year. Between the months of February and June, all overflow students will remain at their overflow school for the remainder of the school year.
All host school for overflow students will return to their resident school the following school year. However, there may be some instances where space is not yet available.
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