Back to School: How to Enroll Yourself as an Older Youth in School

An enrollment guide for older youth who are emancipated or living on their own. You have a legal right to go to school in Pennsylvania until the end of the school term in which you have your 21st birthday or until you graduate with a regular high school diploma (whichever comes first).

To see the forms and materials mentioned in this video, visit http://www.elc-pa.org/pubs/downloads%202009/HowtoEnrollYourselfasanOlderYouth...

Or visit http://www.elc-pa.org/pubs/pubs_residency.html

You can also learn about basic enrollment laws, the enrollment rights of homeless youth, and how to enroll a child living with someone other than a parent by watching the following three videos:

Enrollment basics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3baX-uLYxSk
Homeless youth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrdhlnTZoAo
Children living with someone other than a parent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoT9USh2YnE

To learn more, visit http://www.elc-pa.org

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