Enrollment & Registration

This article describes the process for enrolling a child in school and what to do if the child is rejected.

This article is a general description of a school's duties and the student's rights when a student is homeless.

Private schools operating in Maryland are subject to the authority of the State Department of Education, but they are not bound by all of the laws and regulations that public schools are.

What to do, what to give the student's new school and what to do if the transfer is denied.

"Informal kinship care" means a living arrangement in which a relative of a child, who is not in the care, custody, or guardianship of the local department of social services, provides for the care and custody of the child due to a serious family hardship.