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Admission Guidelines

Union County Public Schools holds a lottery each year to determine enrollment for kindergarten Dual Language Immersion classes. Students wishing to enroll after kindergarten should follow the late entry procedures listed below. There is no lottery for students other than rising kindergarten students. DLI lottery and late entry are explained under Policies 4-13 and 4-13 AG. 

All rising kindergartners interested in the DLI Program must submit an application for the lottery via the Scribbles online system during the lottery window. This includes students who have a sibling already in the DLI Program. 

DLI Lottery Important Dates

  • February 1: Register for kindergarten at the zoned school in Infinite Campus.
  • March 9–April 2: Submit an application in Scribbles for each DLI school you wish to apply for.
  • No later than April 20: Parents will be notified via Scribbles Family Dashboard of status of all applications.
  • April 27: Deadline for parents to take action on all seats (other than waitlisted seats) in Scribbles online system.

Please note: the lottery is only for rising kindergarten students. Those entering DLI after kindergarten must follow the late entry process outlined below.

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Late Entry

Note that late entry assessments are scheduled during June and August for students starting in the fall. For students who are starting mid-year, assessments will be scheduled on an as-needed basis. 

Please see policy information from the UCPS Board of Education regarding late entry into the DLI Program, listed below. 

Students interested in transferring into a DLI Program as Late Entry should complete a transfer application in Scribbles. If a family has met the qualifications outlined in Policy 4-13 AG, the district will administer an assessment of the student's ability to read, write, speak, and listen in the program language to determine whether the student's proficiency is at a level equivalent to his/her grade level peers. This assessment will only be conducted during the initial enrollment period of the family moving into UCPS.