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September 2025.

 

 

 

If you do not reside within the Charter Oak boundaries, you can skip the official district transfer process and select COUSD through California’s District of Choice program.

 

Here are the top reasons our families proudly say they choose tuition-free COUSD:

  • Robust Academic Offerings
  • AP, IB, and AVID
  • Dual Credit Opportunities for College-Bound Students
  • CIF Championship Athletic Teams
  • Award-Wining Visual and Performing Arts Groups
  • Innovative Career Pathways
  • Tailored Learning Approaches
  • Before and After School Care
  • Chromebooks for Every Student in Every Class

 

Prepare for the future you want by enrolling in COUSD today!

District of Choice registration closes December 31, 2024.

 

 

District of Choice Q & A:

  

How do I apply? All District of Choice applications are processed digitally.  Please click on the following link to begin the application process → District of Choice Application 

 

Who may apply?  Any student who does NOT reside in Azusa, Pomona or Rowland Unified School Districts. We are unable to accept students from these districts, due to reaching the cap on the number of students we may accept from these districts under DOC program regulations.  However, students from these districts may still utilize the regular interdistrict transfer (IDT) process, whereby a release is obtained from your district of residence and processed through the Charter Oak USD.

 

What getting released for a DOC from my ‘home’ district (district of residence)? Students accepted through DOC do NOT need to be released from their district of residence.

 

Do I need to re-apply for DOC every year? No, DO NOT reapply if your student is currently enrolled under DOC, and has maintained continuous attendance under DOC since being enrolled in a COUSD school.  However, if your student does leave the district, your DOC status is no longer valid.

 

I have a student attending a COUSD school under DOC.  Now I’d like his/her sibling to start attending under DOC, too.  Do I have to apply for the sibling, or will the sibling automatically be admitted under DOC? You must apply for each sibling to attend under DOC.  Siblings are not automatically admitted under DOC.

 

I live in a district from which COUSD is no longer able to accept DOC applications.  My older child is currently enrolled under DOC; will that child be able to continue under DOC?  I’d also like his/her younger sibling to attend COUSD. Is there any way I can get my younger child in under DOC? Your older child who is currently attending will be allowed to continue under DOC as long as he/she maintains continuous attendance in a COUSD school.  The younger sibling will be ineligible to apply for DOC.  You will need to utilize the regular interdistrict transfer process for your younger child, whereby you get released from your home district.

 

I would really like my current DOC student to go to a particular/different school next year.  How do I make that happen? Parents should fill out and submit an intra-district request form at the school site where they want their child to attend next year. That school site will then evaluate whether or not they have space available for intra-district applicants, and will notify you if they are able to accommodate your request for the upcoming school year.  COUSD is not obligated to place a student in a particular school or program.  All requests are based on space availability at a particular site.

 

My child used to attend COUSD under DOC, but we left to attend school in another district.  Now we’d like to come back to COUSD.  Is my child still eligible to attend under DOC? No, not without re-applying for DOC.  Once you dis-enroll your student from the Charter Oak USD, your DOC eligibility is no longer valid.  If you want to return to COUSD, you must re-apply, and you must make sure we are accepting applications from your district of residence, and for your child’s grade.

 

If I don't transfer using District of Choice, what are my other transfer options?

If you live outside of the COUSD boundaries and would like to attend school here, there are several options:

  • Interdistrict Transfer (IDT)
  • Allen Bill