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Lincoln Way 210 approves three‑year CLEAR residency verification agreement
Summary
The board approved a three‑year contract with Thomson Reuters' CLEAR service to run residency verification checks, citing efficiency, support for sports eligibility checks and McKinney‑Vento coordination; the district expects roughly $20,000–$22,000 annual cost.
The Lincoln Way 210 Board of Education on Feb. 20 approved a three‑year agreement with Thomson Reuters to use the CLEAR residency‑verification service for the district’s enrollment checks. District staff said the tool will run batch checks of student addresses twice a year and enable one‑off searches when questions arise, and described CLEAR as a broader database than single‑source checks such as DMV records.
Why it matters: staff said the district already uses outside services to confirm residency but that CLEAR can run a district‑wide check more efficiently and provide a clear flagging system: green for a direct match, yellow for a discrepancy that may be a data entry issue, and red for no match. The district noted potential benefits for athletics eligibility reviews and for McKinney‑Vento (homeless) liaison work; staff said the tool can produce a report showing evidence and matches that the district can share with enforcement or oversight bodies when required.
Cost and process: presenters said the expected annual cost is about $20,000–$22,000 and that the district will run a first batch in March for incoming freshmen through current juniors and a second run in August/September once fall enrollment is set. The board voted to approve the contract; staff said the district will maintain a process for case review when CLEAR returns yellow or red results.
Quoted: a district official summarized the advantage for eligibility and enforcement: “This takes away some of that accusation and some of the speculation,” and said the system lets staff “print that out” and provide evidence when questions from conferences or the IHSA arise.
Ending: the board approved the three‑year Thomson Reuters CLEAR agreement by unanimous vote. Staff said the district will begin batch runs in March and will continue to use case review and McKinney‑Vento procedures where required.
