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Students who live in the boundaries of other èßäÊÓƵ districts may request transfer into PPS èßäÊÓƵs, and èßäÊÓƵ who live in the PPS district may ask for permission to attend èßäÊÓƵs in other districts. There are state laws that govern the inter-district transfer process. Generally, transfer decisions are made in the spring for the following èßäÊÓƵ year.

Twelve things to know about Inter-district Transfers

1. Students who move during the èßäÊÓƵ year to a home located in a different èßäÊÓƵ district may automatically remain in their current èßäÊÓƵ through the end of the year. However, they do need to receive both a release from their new resident district and approval from their current district in order for the transfer to extend to the next èßäÊÓƵ year.
2. Students who wish to transfer to a different district for the first time must also receive permission from both districts.
3. Transfer priorities and deadlines vary between districts.  We encourage you to apply as soon as possible in both districts to avoid missing deadlines. See the list of inter-district contacts below.
4. Foster èßäÊÓƵ and families experiencing homelessness may be exempt from inter-district transfer rules. Call PPS or your resident district to learn more.
5. PPS prioritizes èßäÊÓƵ who have recently moved across district lines, and/or have siblings already enrolled in their requested district. Review current Resolution for the latest PPS Board approved priorities and timelines.
6. If both districts agree to the transfer, your child may enroll in your requested èßäÊÓƵ next year. 
7. If either district does not agree to the transfer, your child will have to attend èßäÊÓƵ in your resident district or pay tuition to attend your requested èßäÊÓƵ.
8. Releases out of a district are always good through 12th grade.
9. Transfers into PPS remain in effect through the highest grade of the approved èßäÊÓƵ. For example, if a child is given permission to attend a K-5 èßäÊÓƵ beginning in 1st grade, the family does not have to ask again to remain in that èßäÊÓƵ, but does need to make a new request to attend a PPS èßäÊÓƵ for 6th grade.
10. Transfers can be revoked if a student does not meet attendance or behavior standards.
11. Families always have the right to return to their home èßäÊÓƵ in their resident district.

Inter-district transfer laws are complex and have changed considerably over the past several years. Feel free to call the Enrollment and Transfer Center at any time to learn how current rules apply to your particular circumstance.

PPS Inter-district transfer policy

PPS Inter-district Transfer Administrative Directive

If you live outside of the PPS district boundary, you must receive permission from both districts prior to the start of the next èßäÊÓƵ year in order to have your child attend a Portland Public School. 

The Board of Directors for èßäÊÓƵ voted on April 8, 2025 to allow an unlimited number of èßäÊÓƵ to transfer into PPS if they apply by September 15, 2025 and meet at least one of the following priorities:

i. Students who had a legal change of residence out of the PPS boundary during the past year will be allowed to remain enrolled at their current PPS èßäÊÓƵs.

ii. Students who have siblings already enrolled in PPS will be accepted, so long as space is available at the requested èßäÊÓƵs.

iii. Students who have reached the highest grade of their current PPS èßäÊÓƵs and wish to continue at the next èßäÊÓƵ level (such as elementary to middle èßäÊÓƵ or middle to high èßäÊÓƵ), so long as space is available at the requested èßäÊÓƵs.

Additionally, up to 100 èßäÊÓƵ who do not qualify for any of the above priorities will be admitted to PPS, so long as space is available at the requested èßäÊÓƵs.

If you live in the PPS district boundary but wish to have your child attend èßäÊÓƵ in a different district, you must receive permission from both districts. 

The Portland Public School Board votes yearly to allow resident èßäÊÓƵ who meet the specific qualifications to be released to other districts, so long as they apply by September 15 of the èßäÊÓƵ year.  Typical criteria might be:

• Students who had a legal change of residence into the PPS boundary during the past year will be released from PPS in order to remain enrolled in their current districts.
• Students not yet enrolled in a different district will be released from PPS if they have siblings enrolled in their requested districts during the 2024-25 èßäÊÓƵ year who will remain enrolled during 2025-26.

Resident èßäÊÓƵ must also receive permission from their requested district before the start of the 2025-2026 for the release to be valid.  Releases to other districts remain in effect through 12th grade.

Students who do not meet the criteria above will not be released from PPS through the standard inter-district process. Click the following link to learn about state rules for emergency/hardship transfers: /cms/lib/OR01913224/Centricity/domain/182/transfer/interdistrict transfer/Interdistrict_Emergency-Hardship_Transfers.pdf

Oregon sponsors online charter èßäÊÓƵs available to residents free of charge.  Therefore, PPS does not release èßäÊÓƵ to online charter èßäÊÓƵs operated by other districts unless there is evidence of a specific emergency or hardship that can only be resolved by that specific online charter èßäÊÓƵ.  

For a list of Oregon Virtual Charters, go to