Elkhart Community Schools posted an online new‑student registration form for the 2025‑26 school year that instructs parents to complete the district’s online steps and provide required documents before a student’s registration is considered complete.

The form, which notes the 2025‑26 school year begins Aug. 17, 2025, directs parents to upload or bring a copy of the child’s birth certificate, vaccination records and proof of address to the school secretary and says parents will receive an email confirmation after electronic submission.

Why it matters: the online form centralizes enrollment steps and collects several permissions and data points that affect school operations and state reporting, including immunization data sharing with the Indiana State Department of Health and a Department of Defense–related question about military‑connected students required by state statute.

The form spells out required documents and completion steps. “Your registration is not complete until you visit the school and provide the following documentation to the Secretary or until you upload it to the Document Upload page of this registration process a copy of your child's birth certificate, any vaccination records, and any proof of address,” the registration text says. The district also says families can print a copy of the registration after submitting.

The form collects basic demographic and contact information (name as it appears on the birth certificate, country and city of birth, date of entry into U.S. schools, and a primary contact phone number), and asks whether a household has internet access. It asks parents to indicate prior school attendance, preschool attendance, and whether a student receives special services such as speech and language services, a 504 plan, an individual education plan (IEP), ESL services, or a high‑ability program. The form also asks whether a student has ever been retained.

Transportation: the form links transportation requests to the address parents enter. Transportation options appear only if the address is inside a bus zone; if it is not, the form says parents will not have the option to request transportation.

Consents and data sharing: the form asks parents to respond to several consent items. Those include permission for: (1) school and media use of student photos (photo release); (2) the district to contact parents using auto‑dialed phone messages; (3) release of a child’s immunization and identifying data to the Indiana State Department of Health’s Children and Hoosiers Immunization Registry Program (CHIRP); and (4) other standard agreements such as the Student Parent Guide, the district network and Internet Acceptable Use and Safety Policy, the Online Resources Consent Agreement and an iPad agreement. The form explains that selecting “yes” for CHIRP “gives permission to the Elkhart Community School Corporation to release your child's information to the Indiana State Department of Health's Children and Hoosiers Immunization Registry Program, or CHIRP,” and that CHIRP records may include name, immunization data, date of birth and other identifying information.

Military status: the registration includes questions described as part of a Department of Defense program and cites Indiana statute (listed in the form as “Indiana Statute 2019. 3.9.4”) for confidentially identifying military children to support data on attendance and educational outcomes.

Emergency and medical information: the form asks parents to list emergency contacts other than parents or guardians and to provide names and numbers for a regular doctor and dentist. It asks parents to indicate medical limitations affecting participation in physical education and whether the student has health insurance and whether the parent wants the district to share contact information with potential insurance providers.

Electronic signature: the district explains that the form’s electronic signature “replaces a handwritten signature on paper and is legally binding.” The form includes a standard attestation: “By signing below, you are affirming that the information provided is true, correct and complete.”

How to get help: the form instructs families attempting to enroll for the current (2024‑25) school year to exit the 2025‑26 form and call the school where the child would attend. It also reminds parents to review the Review and Submit page carefully and correct spelling, capitalization and punctuation before submitting.

The online form centralizes enrollment and multiple routine consents; families who prefer not to upload documents are told to visit the school to provide documents to the secretary.