Student Services

Address Change Form

Providing the required proof of residency documentation will allow the district to maintain accurate student records and help ensure district resources are being used for students, parents, and community members of the Liberty Public School District.

The following documents are required to update your student's address:

• Photo ID of legal parent/guardian
• Current proof of residency - all must be dated within 60 days and include parent/guardian name, date, and services address.  Please redact any personal information. 
  • 2 different utility bills - gas, electric (back side/both pages), water
  • OR a lease agreement  (with signature of both resident(s) and owner/owners representative)
  • OR a non-contingent sales contract 
  • OR a settlement statement

The McKinney-Vento Act, part of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, guarantees homeless children and youth an education equal to what they would receive if not homeless.

Who is Homeless?

According to the McKinney-Vento Act, homeless children and youth include individuals who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence. This includes the following situations:

• Sharing the housing of others (known as doubling-up) due to loss of housing or economic hardship
• Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks or camping grounds
• Living in emergency or transitional shelters
• Abandoned in hospitals
• Living in a nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation
• Living in cars, parks, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings

The McKinney-Vento Act also recognizes unaccompanied youth who are homeless. According to the act, an unaccompanied youth is a youth not in the physical custody of a parent or legal guardian.

Which School Can a Homeless Child Attend?

There are two choices for a student in a homeless situation — the school of origin and the school of residency. The school of origin is the school the child attended when permanently housed or the school in which the child was last enrolled. The school of residency is the school serving the area where the child or youth is currently physically dwelling. When determining the school of best interest, a homeless child or youth should remain in the school of origin (to the extent feasible) unless doing so is contrary to the wishes of the parent or guardian or to the wishes of the unaccompanied youth.

Enrollment

The McKinney-Vento Act requires the immediate enrollment of homeless children and youth. These children must be allowed to attend school even if they are unable to produce previous academic records, immunization and medical records, proofs of residency, birth certificates, or other documentation that is usually required.

Transportation

School districts must provide transportation for homeless children and youth to the school of best interest. Districts must also provide transportation during the resolution of any pending disputes. While disputes over enrollment, school placement or transportation arrangements are being resolved, students must be transported to the school of choice of the parent or the unaccompanied youth.

McKinney-Vento Liaison

Liberty Public School's McKinney-Vento Liaison is Rebecca Bressman, Director of Student Services. Please call 816-736-5310 with questions/concerns.

Enrollment and Placement of Foster Care Students
In accordance with LPS Board of Education policy IGBE, the district designates the Director of Student Services as the liaison for foster care students. 

The liaison will provide assistance regarding all aspects of the enrollment, placement, transfer and withdrawal of children in foster care and serves as the point of contact for DESE and the Children's Division.  The liaison will also work with DESE and the Children's Division to implement the district's complaint resolution process.             

Rebecca Bressman
Director of Student Services, Foster Care Liaison
Rebecca.Bressman@lps53.org
816-736-5310

Students in a foster care placement located within the boundaries of the district will be educated in the school of origin unless it is not in the best interest of the student to do so.  A student placed in the school of origin will remain in the school of origin for the duration of the time he or she is in foster care.  If it is not in the best interest of the student to stay in the school of origin, the Liberty 53 School District will immediately enroll the student, even if the student is unable to produce records normally required for enrollment, and will contact the school of origin to obtain relevant records.

Foster care students who attend school in the district because attending the school of origin was not in their best interest will be initially placed in the same courses and programs the students were in while attending the previous district to the extent this district offers such courses and programs.  Such placements may include, but are not limited to:  honors classes; vocational, technical and career pathway courses; and International Baccalaureate (IB), Advanced Placement (AP), English Learner (EL), special education and gifted programs.  If necessary, the district will waive course or program prerequisites or other preconditions for placement in courses or programs offered at the district.  After placement, the district may perform additional evaluations to ensure that the student has been place appropriately and may change the student's placement after consultation with the student's foster parent.

To start the enrollment process, please complete an online new student enrollment form and provide the Foster Care Placement Letter with the requested enrollment documents.

If you and your student(s) are living with another Liberty Public Schools resident (utilities/lease/etc are under someone's name who is not the legal parent or guardian of the student), in addition to the proof of residency documents, you will also need to submit a Residency Affidavit when proving residency. 

Please read the following information carefully before you submit the Transfer Request Form.

** We are now accepting transfer requests for the 2026-2027 school year **

• Important - Depending on your transfer request reason you may be required to submit additional documentation with the Transfer Request. 
  • Please ensure you have these documents completed, prior to the submission of the Transfer Request, so that you  are able attach in the "file upload" section of the Transfer Request form.  
    • Transfer Request - based on "Childcare" you will also need to submit the "Childcare Notarized Letter"
    • Transfer Request - based on "Change of Address"  - you will also need to submit the "Address and Demographic Change Form" with supporting documents.
• If you have recently enrolled a new student, please contact your school of residence and let them know you are planning on submitting a transfer request.
  • You may submit a transfer request to the Student Services department, but please make sure you indicate this is for a new student enrollment so that we can ensure processing in a timely manner. 

Transfer Request Form