Do you have questions about how to enroll your children in a New York City public school? ¿What school service options Does your family have regardless of their immigration status? What happens if you plan to move to another county in the Big Apple? When should you start applying for the next school year?
For this and any other questions you may have at this time, is now available digitally and in Spanish the Big Apple Public Schools Admission Guide fall 2024, which will allow you to explore the schools in your neighborhood, how to apply and get your seat offer.
To this end, the Department of Education (DOE) offers information in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Korean, Haitian Creole, English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Urdu, in addition to interpretation services in more than 200 languages.
About the level of English
This guide highlights that “no school may deny admission, registration or enrollment to a student. based on their perceived or actual command of English.”
Big Apple public schools offer three program options for students who do not have English as their first language: English as a New Language (ENL), Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE) and Dual Language (DL).
All schools, at a minimum, offer ENL, but the advantage that parents and guardians can inform themselves about each program and all your rights as parents on this website.
All early childhood education programs offer support to multilingual learners in preschool, that is, children whose first language is not English.
About immigration status
Furthermore, it is reinforced in this new digital guide that all New York City families with children who meet age requirementsare entitled to the programs 3-K and day pre-K and regular school year.
Requirements for the programs 3-K and Pre-K Head Start and Early Head Start Programs for babies and toddlers, They do not include information on immigration status at all.
Families will not have to provide information about their “papers” as documentation for the registration of all these educational levels.
But it must be clarified that there are certain exceptions: To qualify for a place in a program for infants and toddlers, day pre-kindergarten and extended school year, the child must meet certain criteria related to immigration statusin accordance with the requirements of the federal grant that funds these programs.
“As part of the process to determine if they qualify for this specific type of quota, families will be asked for information related to the immigration status of their children, however, It will only be used for student enrollment purposes in the program.Otherwise, it will be confidential,” the guide emphasizes.
Two facts:
- Explore schools and programs, apply, and get your offer, all in one place at: schools.nyc.gov/SignUp
2024-02-13 11:08:00
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