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Fort Worth Independent School District: Enrolling With Documents in Another Language
Yes: Fort Worth ISD accepts certified translations from professional services such as eVerbary.
Who may translate: Not restricted
- $24.95 per page
- Usually 24 h for 1–3 pages
- Signed certificate of accuracy, PDF
- See the price before you pay
How we know · policy checked on October 21, 2026
Fort Worth ISD registers students who speak another language at home through its Student Placement Center, which asks for the immunization record to be current and translated into English before registration starts, without saying who must translate it.
A certified translation from a professional service such as eVerbary meets that rule.
Report cards and transcripts from abroad are a different matter: the center lists translating international transcripts among its own services, and placement is decided by the district, not by us.
Fort Worth ISD at a glance
Does it accept eVerbary? Yes
Fort Worth ISD's Student Placement Center asks for an immunization record "translated into English before the registration process begins" (Fort Worth ISD Student Placement Center: services and records to bring) and sets no rule on who translates, so a certified translation from a professional service such as eVerbary meets it. Policy checked on October 21, 2026.
- Translation
- Immunization record in English before registration
- Who may translate
- Not restricted
- Credit or placement
- SPC placement assessment; it translates foreign transcripts
- Price
- $24.95 per pageUp to 250 words, certification included
- Delivery
- 24 hoursStandard for one to three pages
- Grades
- As recordedNever converted to a US GPA
Checked on October 21, 2026. Sources are listed at the end of this page. Policies change: confirm on Fort Worth ISD's own page before you submit.
Worth knowing about Fort Worth ISD
Vaccines in English
The immunization record must be translated before registration starts.
Transcripts translated in-house
The center lists international transcript translation among its services.
By appointment
Center staff call families to schedule the visit.
Fort Worth ISD requirements in detail
Translation
The immunization record must be current and translated into English before registration begins (Fort Worth ISD Student Placement Center: services and records to bring).
Report cards and other school records are asked for "if available", with no translation rule (Fort Worth ISD Student Placement Center: services and records to bring).
Who may translate
Not specified; a certified translation from a professional service meets the immunization rule.
Where families register
The Student Placement Center (SPC), 999 N. University Drive, registers students new to Fort Worth ISD who speak or hear a language other than English at home; it is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, during the school year (Fort Worth ISD Student Placement Center).
What to bring
Proof of the student's age and identity, the immunization record, proof of address, guardian identification, report cards or other records from the previous school, and proof of asylee or refugee status if available (Fort Worth ISD Student Placement Center: services and records to bring).
How to submit
Parents may email the required documents to spc@fwisd.org (Fort Worth ISD Student Placement Center: services and records to bring).
Credit or placement
The SPC gives an initial placement assessment and translates international transcripts as a follow-up service (Fort Worth ISD Student Placement Center: services and records to bring). The district publishes no separate rule on credit for foreign high school courses.
Exchange students
Exchange students placed through an agency need an official high school transcript from the home country translated into English (exchange application).
The Student Placement Center comes first
Fort Worth ISD sends families who customarily speak or hear a language other than English at home to its Student Placement Center instead of straight to the school.
Parents do not walk in: an SPC staff member calls to schedule an appointment.
The visit takes from 45 minutes to 2.5 hours, depending on the student's age and the assessment needed; any student with another home language who has never been enrolled in a Texas public school is assessed (Fort Worth ISD Student Placement Center: services and records to bring).
At the center families get help with registration, the initial placement assessment, bilingual and ESL program information, bus and immunization information, the online enrollment forms and notary services, with staff who speak English, Spanish and other languages and interpreters on request.
Families leave with a yellow envelope for the assigned school, and the documents are uploaded to the online registration site (Fort Worth ISD Student Placement Center: services and records to bring).
What the family translates and what the district translates
The published rule puts one document on the family: the immunization record, which must be current and in English before registration begins (Fort Worth ISD Student Placement Center: services and records to bring).
Texas requires evidence of vaccination to attend public school (Fort Worth ISD Immunizations), so the translation has to keep each vaccine name, dose and date exactly as written, along with the clinic's stamps and signatures.
Report cards and transcripts are handled differently.
The SPC's service list includes "international transcript translations", and its follow-up services include visits to schools and translating international transcripts as needed (Fort Worth ISD Student Placement Center: services and records to bring).
The center also uses a Student Education History Form that records, grade by grade, how many months the student attended and in which city, state or country, which helps when records are missing.
A family may still want its own certified translation of a transcript, for example to keep for a later college application, but the district's rule does not ask for one.
Exchange students follow a different path
Students coming for a year through an exchange organization are not registered by the SPC: Fort Worth ISD works with CSIET-certified agencies (Fort Worth ISD Foreign Exchange).
The agency emails the application packet to the district's exchange contact, and the packet must include the student's immunization records and health form signed by a doctor and the official high school transcript from the home country, translated into English (exchange application).
No rule names who translates the transcript, so a certified translation from a professional service fits it.
Need a certified translation for Fort Worth ISD?
$24.95 per page of up to 250 words, certification included, usually within 24 hours for one to three pages. See the price before you pay.
Documents families usually translate
- Immunization record or vaccination card
- Birth certificate or other proof of the student's age and identity
- Report cards and other records from the previous school
- High school transcript from the home country, for exchange students
- Health form or physical examination signed by a doctor, for exchange students
What an eVerbary translation includes
- A complete English translation of every page, stamps, seals and handwritten notes included, laid out like the original so each line can be matched.
- Grades, hours and credits exactly as recorded, with the grading scale the document prints. We never convert marks to a US GPA or equivalency.
- A signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead, with our contact details, delivered as a PDF you can upload or print.
- $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, certification included; 24 hours for one to three pages as standard. Regular clients who need it can get delivery in as little as 30 minutes, on request.
- Notarization added at checkout ($34.90 per order) when the office asks for a notarized translation.
Submitting the translation to Fort Worth ISD
Email the translated immunization record, with a copy of the original, to spc@fwisd.org with the other required documents, or bring both to the SPC appointment (Fort Worth ISD Student Placement Center: services and records to bring).
For an exchange student, the translated transcript goes in the application packet that the exchange agency emails to Fort Worth ISD's foreign exchange contact (Fort Worth ISD foreign exchange application for enrollment).
What we do not do
eVerbary translates documents; it is not the school district, and it does not decide grade placement or credit. Interpreters for meetings with the school are a separate service: see interpreters for parent-teacher conferences.
For Fort Worth ISD that means we translate the immunization record and any other document you choose; the placement assessment and the review of international transcripts are done by the Student Placement Center.
How to order
- Scan or photograph every page of the document, front and back, including any stamps on the reverse.
- Upload it, choose the language and "certified", and see the price before paying.
- Receive the PDF, usually within 24 hours for one to three pages, and submit it with the copy of the original wherever the office asks for it.
Frequently asked questions
Does Fort Worth ISD need my child's vaccination record in English?
Yes. The Student Placement Center asks for an immunization record that is current and translated into English before registration begins (Fort Worth ISD Student Placement Center: services and records to bring).
Who can translate the immunization record?
Fort Worth ISD does not say. A certified translation from a professional service such as eVerbary, with a signed certificate of accuracy, meets the rule.
Do I have to translate report cards from my child's old school?
The district's list asks for report cards or other school records if available, without a translation rule, and the SPC lists translating international transcripts among its own services (Fort Worth ISD Student Placement Center: services and records to bring).
How do I get an appointment at the Student Placement Center?
SPC staff call parents to schedule one. The center is at 999 N. University Drive and is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, during the school year, except school holidays (Fort Worth ISD Student Placement Center).
Will someone speak my language at the center?
The SPC has staff who speak English, Spanish and other languages, and interpreters are available on request (Fort Worth ISD Student Placement Center: services and records to bring). The district's Translation and Interpretation office also arranges interpreters for parent-teacher conferences, orientations and counseling.
What does an exchange student need?
An official high school transcript from the home country translated into English, plus immunization records and a doctor-signed health form, sent by the exchange agency (Fort Worth ISD foreign exchange application for enrollment).
Sources
Fort Worth Independent School District's own pages, read on October 21, 2026.
- Fort Worth ISD Student Placement Center
- Fort Worth ISD Student Placement Center: services and records to bring
- Fort Worth ISD Student Education History Form
- Fort Worth ISD Immunizations
- Fort Worth ISD Translation and Interpretation
- Fort Worth ISD Foreign Exchange
- Fort Worth ISD foreign exchange application for enrollment
Translating documents for Fort Worth ISD?
Upload a scan of the report card or transcript and see the price and delivery time before you pay.