DDESS Eligibility Fact Sheet

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Information Requirements:

The following information is required to register a student:

1. DoDEA Form 600 (will be completed at the school office)
2. Date of Birth verification - following are acceptable:
   - Birth Certificate - certified copy
   - Passport
   - Prior School Record (grades 2 and above only)
3. Social Security Card of Student
4. Verification of Eligible Dependent
   - Orders
   - Birth Certificate indicating Sponsor is biological parent (IF NOT VERIFIED BY ABOVE)
   If a Stepparent, provide
   - - - -Birth Certificate indicating spouse is biological parent
   - - - -Custody Document or Affidavit
   - - - -Marriage Certificate
   If a Custodian/Guardian, provide
   - - - -Court Ordered physical custody/guardianship order (signed by judge), OR
   - - - -Documentation that custody/guardianship has been filed with court and filing fee paid (child will be provisionally enrolled)
5. Verification of Employment. Provide:
   - - - -Current orders
   - - - -Sponsor's ID
   - - - -Command Letter
6. Housing Authorization or 90/180 day letter OR Housing Assignment Voucher OR Completed front page of RCI Lease agreement

Housing Requirements:

If you have a 90-Day Letter issued by the Housing Office (rather than an installation address), you must register your child/children at the Office of the Superintendent located on the north end of Irwin Middle School (Knox Street). On the other hand, if you already have an address on either Fort Bragg or Pope AFB, you should proceed directly to the school where your child/children are to attend.

Age Requirements:

It is the Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS) policy that the districts follow state law in determining the entrance age (and the cutoff date for reaching that age) in enrolling children in pre-school, kindergarten or first grade programs within DDESS schools. Therefore, the Fort Bragg Schools establishes the enrollment ages for our students as follows:

• Preschoolers - Students must be four (4) on or before October 16 of the current year.
• Kindergarteners - Students must be five (5) on or before October 16 of the current year.
• First Graders - Students must be six (6) on or before October 16 of the current year.

DoDEA Announces Future Change to SY 2009-2010 Entrance Age

Please see this news release describing changes in enrollment age for SY 2009-2010 (this is a pdf file).

Entrance ages for school year 2009-2010 are as follows:

• Preschoolers - Students must be four (4) on or before September 1 of the current year.
• Kindergarteners - Students must be five (5) on or before September 1 of the current year.
• First Graders - Students must be six (6) on or before September 1 of the current year.