Residency Requirements
Palos School District 118 will use the CLEAR public database to automatically verify current family address information annually. This process was implemented to streamline the process for district families while still assuring that students enrolled in our school are residents within the boundaries of District 118.
CLEAR uses parent's name and address to crosscheck the information against public electronic databases such as utility companies. This process is completed prior to the registration and residency kickoff in early spring.
If your residency is verified through the CLEAR process, you will not need to submit any additional documentation to certify that you live within the district.
If your residency is not verified through the CLEAR process, you will be notified to submit the documents through the process listed below.
Online Residency Verification For new students (or if notified to do so)
New students to the district and students that have not been verified through the CLEAR process must provide documentation showing residency at an address within district boundaries.
You must provide 1 document from Category 1 and 2 documents from Category 2, totaling 3 documents.
You should black out any account and social security numbers on the documents. All documents must be current and show your name and address.
WARNING: A person who knowingly or willfully presents to the School District any false information regarding the residency of a student for the purpose of enabling that student to attend any school in that district without the payment of a nonresident tuition charge is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor (105 ILCS 5/10-20.12b(f)).
If a student is determined to be a nonresident of the District for whom tuition must be charged, the persons enrolling the student are liable for nonresident tuition from the date the student began attending a District school as a nonresident.
Required Documents
1. Birth Certificate - Original/certified copy of birth certificate for student
2. Driver's License/State Identification
Homeless Resources
Military Exemption
When a student's change of residence is due to the military service obligation of the student's legal custodian, the student's residence is deemed to be unchanged for the duration of the custodian's military service obligation if the student's custodian made a written request. The District, however, is not responsible for the student's transportation to or from school. If, at the time of enrollment, a dependent child of military personnel is housed in temporary housing located outside of the District, but will be living within the District within 60 days after the time of initial enrollment, the child is allowed to enroll, subject to the requirements of State law, and must not be charged tuition, in accordance to policy 7:60.