By May 15 of each year, private schools must notify each public school board of the names, grade levels and locations of all pupils eligible to receive the transportation provided by that public school district, and who are planning to attend private school during the upcoming school term.
A problem arises for private schools when families appear for enrollment after the deadline and seek busing. This often happens with children in a parental choice program, and those just starting kindergarten. Obviously, a private school can not report the names of students it does not know will be showing up at the last minute to enroll. School districts that are very legalistic have tried to refuse transporting these children. To prevent this, private schools should add the names of any students who have expressed interest in attending your school. Err on the side of giving names by the deadline, rather than holding them back. It is much easier to have a child removed from the list, than to have one added. Some schools have even added the following entry to their student list: Any child who appears after the May 15 transportation deadline, seeking enrollment in our private school for the 2018-19 school year.
