All ECT applications submitted during Window 1 and Window 2 will be processed through a computerized LOTTERY system. Supplemental ECT applications are processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Each student may apply for a First (1st) Choice and Second (2nd) Choice school/grade that has not reached capacity.
- Availability is established by grade level and school capacity
- Applications are grade-level specific
A submitted ECT application does not guarantee that the child will be offered a transfer.
Applications not selected through the lottery process will be placed on a waiting list for each school as determined by the lottery process. There is no guarantee that a waiting list will be activated for any school.
Lake County School District does not provide transportation (school buses) to/from school for students enrolled through an ECT.
- A transportation scholarship may be available to eligible families. Please visit FL-DOE to apply.
- If you are interested in public transportation, please visit RideLakeXpress.com.
If your child is actively attending their preferred school on an ECT from a prior year, there is no need to re-apply, as it is valid until the highest grade level offered at the school. You would need to submit a new ECT application if the student has been withdrawn from the preferred school and you want them to return. Or if you are requesting an ECT to a different non-zoned school.
Except for K-8 schools, the Educational Choice Transfer does not automatically provide for current 5th and 8th graders to be enrolled in a middle or high school that they are not zoned to attend.
A new ECT application must be completed to request a different out-of-zone school.
Students who are subject to a current Alternative Placement/Expulsion or Suspension cannot request an ECT. Please submit your child’s ECT application after the Alternative Placement/Expulsion or Suspension has ended, during the appropriate ECT application window.
- State Statute 1002.31(2)(a)

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