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Foreign Exchange Student Program

Foreign Exchange (J-1 and F-1) Enrollment - 2023-2024 SY

The Douglas County School District will be enrolling Foreign Exchange Students (J-1 and F-1 visas) in our high schools for the 23-24 school as long as students have the proper paperwork (see below) and there are no government-issued travel restrictions.


 

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Foreign Exchange Students Sponsored by FE Organization (J-1)

Students attending a High School in Douglas County that are sponsored by a FE Organization are required to complete and submit the following information to the Student Data & Enrollment Services department.

  • A certified English translated birth certificate must be provided to the District before approval can be given.

  • FE HOST Information Form - Available for download below.

  • A copy of the Foreign Exchange Organization's Power of Attorney from the parent(s) must be provided to the District when the completed HOST Information form is turned in.  It must contain the student's name, date of birth, parent(s) information, parent(s) signature and information about the Foreign Exchange Organization.

  • Proof of the English proficiency testing must be provided.  Tests currently being accepted are: 
  • SLEP (Second Language English Proficiency) proctored at their home country High School/University
  • iBT TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
  • ELTiS (English Language Test for International Students)

  • A foreign student will receive a certificate of attendance (not a diploma) 

Download the Foreign Exchange Host Information Form (for J-1 Students)

Student Data and Enrollment Services would appreciate that all documentation be handed in by May 30, 2023 for the 2023-2024 school year.


Privately Sponsored Foreign Exchange Students (F-1)

Below are documents that outline the process you must go through when you apply for an I-20 form for a F-1 Visa. To have the application and approval process completed for the coming school year, it has to start by March of the previous year. In order to have the student attend a Douglas County School District school, we need to get the information back from you, present it to the school, they see if it is a fit and that they have room at their school to have a foreign student attend. Filling out this paperwork is not a guarantee that the student will be attending one of Douglas County School District Schools. It is very important that this is completed before the end of this school year (end of May). The high schools are on vacation and we will have to schedule a counselor and administrator at the school to review the paperwork.

 Please remember:  

  • A foreign student does not receive ESL (English as a Second Language) services
  • Proof of the English proficiency testing must be provided.  Tests currently being accepted are: 
  • SLEP (Second Language English Proficiency) proctored at their home country High School/University
  • iBT TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
  • ELTiS (English Language Test for International Students)
  • A foreign student will receive a certificate of attendance (not a diploma) 

Please be aware that the tuition for Privately Sponsored Foreign Students is $12,051 for the 2023-2024 school year.

For more questions, please call our department at 720-433-0095. 

Student Data and Enrollment Services would appreciate that all documentation be handed in by May 30, 2023 for the 2023-2024 school year.

Forms for F-1 Students
Application Procedure
Enrollment Procedures
Student Visas
Request for Enrollment
Affidavit of Support Instructions
Affidavit of Support Form
Application Checklist

Policies
Admission of Foreign Students

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NOTICE OF DESTRUCTION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION RECORDS

Special Education records which have been collected by Douglas County School District related to the identification, evaluation, educational placement, or the provision of special education in the district, must be maintained under state and federal laws for the period of five (5) years after special education services have ended for the student. Special education services end when the student is no longer eligible for services, graduates, or completes his/her educational program at age 21, or moves from the district. This notification is to inform parents/guardians and former students of Douglas County School District's intent to destroy the special education records of students who exited special education services as of June 30, 2016. These records will be destroyed in accordance with state law unless the parent/guardian or eligible (adult) student notifies the school district otherwise. After five years, the records are no longer useful to the district, but may be useful to the parent/guardian or former student in applying for social security benefits, rehabilitation services, college entrance, etc. The parent/guardian or eligible (adult) student may request a copy of the records by requesting the records at this link ( Douglas County School District Transcripts and Records Requests ).