Interdistrict Transfers

INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS ARE NOT GUARANTEED AND MDUSD MAY DENY INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS DUE TO DECLINING ENROLLMENT

Only one transfer application will be processed per student per academic year.

REQUEST PERIOD FOR 2025-2026 INCOMING/OUTGOING STUDENTS: BEGINNING MARCH 15, 2025 

Please read below before submitting your application.

Interdistrict Transfer Request to MDUSD

Step 1 - Obtain an interdistrict transfer release from your resident District.

Step 2 - Complete an online MDUSD application. Gather supporting documentation* (if applicable). Documentation  required for request based on Employment, Child Care, IEP, or Section 504. For MDUSD high school requests, provide student's attendance, discipline, and grades from current school.

Step 3 - Email completed MDUSD application, release from your resident District, and any supporting documentation to transfers@mdusd.org.

Step 4 - Wait for your response letter from MDUSD. Please remain enrolled with your resident District while waiting for your response.

Interdistrict Transfers received for the next academic year will receive notification of district action no later than 14 calendar days after the beginning of the academic year.

 

Interdistrict Transfer Request to Other School District

Step 1 - Complete an MDUSD application. Gather supporting documentation* (if applicable). Documentation required for request based on Employment or Child Care. 

Step 2 - Email completed MDUSD application and any supporting documentation to transfers@mdusd.org.

Step 3 - Wait for your response letter from MDUSD. 

Interdistrict Transfers received for the next academic year will receive notification of district action no later than 14 calendar days after the beginning of the academic year.

*Required Documentation*:

• Request based on employment - Current payroll stub or letter from your employer on letterhead
• Request based on child care - Verification of enrollment or statement from child care provider

 

The following schools are NOT accepting Interdistrict Transfer Requests: 

Delta View Elementary, Meadow Homes Elementary, Monte Gardens Elementary, Sequoia Elementary, Walnut Acres Elementary, Foothill Middle, Sequoia Middle, College Park High School, Northgate High School

Interdistrict Transfer Requests MAY BE permitted when one or more of the conditions exist: 

1. To meet the child care needs of the student, only as long as the student's child care provider remains within district boundaries (evidence required).
2. To meet the student's special mental or physical health needs as certified by a physician, school psychologist, or other appropriate school personnel (evidence required).
3. When the student has a sibling attending school in the receiving district, to avoid splitting the family's attendance.
4. To allow the student to complete a school year when the student's parents/guardian have moved out of the district during that year.
5. To allow the student to remain with a class graduating that year from an elementary, middle, or senior high school.
6. To allow a high school senior to attend the same school attended as a junior, even if the student's family moved out of the district during the junior year.
7. When  the parent/guardian provides written evidence that the family will be moving into the district in the immediate future and would like student to start the school year in the district.
8. When the student will be living out of the district for one year or less.
9. When recommended by the school attendance review board or by county child welfare, probation, or social service agency staff in documented cases of serious home or community problems which make it inadvisable for the student to attend the school of residence (evidence required).
10. When the valid interest in a particular educational program is not offered in the district of residence (evidence required).
11. To provide a change in school environment for reasons of personal and social adjustment (evidence required).

Interdistrict transfer requests may be denied due to limited resources, overcrowding of school facilities at the requested grade level, or other considerations that are not arbitrary.

Incomplete applications cannot be processed.

Outgoing Interdistrict Transfer applications are for families requesting a "release" to a different district. For example: a family living in the attendance area for Westwood Elementary requesting a release to attend a school in the Lafayette School District.

 

Incoming Interdistrict Transfer applications are for families requesting to attend a school in Mt. Diablo while living in a different district. The student MUST have been released from their district of residence prior to applying to come into Mt. Diablo. For example: a family living in Orinda would like their child to attend Valley View MS MUST have been released from Orinda School District prior to applying with MDUSD.

Please download application prior to attempting to enter information.

Completed applications and any additional documents may be emailed to transfers@mdusd.org (preferred) OR submitted in person at the Enrollment Center located at 1026 Mohr Ln, Concord, CA 94518.

Interdistrict Transfer Application (English)

Interdistrict Transfer Application (Español)

Parent/guardian may only apply for one transfer per student during a school year. If parents/guardians applied for an Intradistrict Transfer (a transfer within MDUSD), then a subsequent Interdistrict transfer (a transfer between MDUSD and another school district) will not be accepted.

CONTACT

Enrollment Center Staff