You can use programs to control enrollment at schools. If any program assigned to a school has the Control enrollment option set to Yes, then controlled enrollment applies to the entire school and students are not able to enroll in the school unless they are offered a position in at least one program that controls enrollment at that school.
[Figure 254] shows the Control enrollment option on the General Info page for a program:
Once students are enrolled in a school that controls enrollment, they can be assigned to other programs offered at that school. For example the student can be enrolled in a Gifted and Talented program that controls enrollment. The student could also be assigned to an after-school athletics program that controls enrollment or to a free & reduced lunch program that does not control enrollment.
If you want to control enrollment to a specific program at a school, but allow open enrollment to students not applying to that program, you must create two controlled enrollment programs: one for the program that controls enrollment and another for other students in the school.
For example, if your school offers a Gifted and Talented program that is limited to 20 students and wants to offer open enrollment to all other students.
| = | You would create a Gifted and Talented program that specifies the eligibility criteria for the program and a capacity of 20. |
| = | You would also create another controlled enrollment program for open enrollment that specifies no eligibility criteria and an unlimited capacity. |
To attend a school that controls enrollment, students must first apply to a program at the school that controls enrollment, such as the gifted and talented program. When the student is offered a position in the program, they can enroll in the school.
When you enroll a student in a school that has controlled enrollment programs, the Enrollment page includes additional fields [Figure 255]that require you to specify the controlled enrollment program the student has been offered or wants to apply to.
For information about creating programs, see Program setup [>>]. For information about enrolling in schools with controlled enrollment, see Enrolling students in schools with controlled enrollment [>>].
Figure 254: Controlled enrollment
Figure 255: Add School Enrollment
| A | The Program Management fields are only available when you select a school that has at least one controlled enrollment program. |
If your district uses address validation and a school controls enrollment, you can have PowerSchool SMS automatically create a preapproved address validation exception for out-of-zone students who are accepted into the program and enrolled in the school.
The following figure shows the Create AV Exception option on the General Info page for a program:
Figure 256: Address validation exceptions
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