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The School District of Philadelphia Fax Number — Student Records and Transcripts

Records and transcript requests to The School District of Philadelphia run through its records office, and the right fax depends on that office. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The School District of Philadelphia is a big-city public school system enrolling students throughout the Mid-Atlantic. This guide covers where those documents go, what to include, and how to confirm fax is still the channel the office wants.

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The School District of Philadelphia Fax Number

Ask the The School District of Philadelphia office that owns your request for its current fax, since many now use an online enrollment portal

Hours: The records and enrollment offices generally run Monday-Friday during school-year business hours; a fax sent overnight is picked up the next business day.

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What You Can Fax to The School District of Philadelphia

  • Special education evaluation consents
  • Student records and cumulative-file requests
  • Proof-of-residency documents
  • Records-transfer requests from another district
  • IEP and 504 plan documents
Tip: Mark all pages with the student identifiers (name, date of birth, grade) that The School District of Philadelphia needs to reconnect a split request. Direct the cover sheet to the student records office or the school handling the request, with a callback number for questions. Check whether The School District of Philadelphia wants the document by fax or through an enrollment portal, then send it the way the office expects.

Getting a student's file to or from The School District of Philadelphia

A records or transcript request at The School District of Philadelphia runs through the student records office on a signed authorization. A student's cumulative record is education data under FERPA, so it is released only on authorization. List the exact records and grade levels you need so nothing is missed.

Inter-district records at The School District of Philadelphia

When a student moves in or out of The School District of Philadelphia, the cumulative record has to move between the two districts. The prior district may fax the records directly to the new school once it verifies the request. Include the student's name, date of birth, and both schools on the cover sheet.

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Faxing to The School District of Philadelphia — FAQ

It depends on the office. A signed release may still be faxed even when registration documents go through a portal. So confirm the office still accepts fax before you send, and use its portal when that is what it asks for. A two-minute check of the registration page saves a misrouted or rejected document.

A number copied from a search result may be stale; The School District of Philadelphia has the current one. Ask the The School District of Philadelphia office that owns your request whether it takes fax and its current number. Confirming the line first is a two-minute step that prevents a misrouted document. The school or office that receives the fax is the authority on its own number.

These are FERPA education records, not HIPAA-covered health information. The school nurse's health file is part of the education record under FERPA. In practice that means a parent or guardian authorization governs releasing the records.

Not one central number. What you send to the student records office will not reach the special education department or the campus. Confirm the correct line for the school or office you are reaching, and check it still accepts fax. A quick call to The School District of Philadelphia settles which line your document should use.

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