Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Re: E-Signatures for Re-enrollment Contracts

I would like to hear how schools are handling re-enrollment and enrollment
contracts online. We use Education Edge for Admissions and Registrar
services, but not Financial Edge.

Thanks,
Brenda

Brenda Rilling
IT Director
Selwyn House School
95 Cote St. Antoine
Montreal, QC H3Y 2H8
(p) 514-931-9481 x 2281
(f) 514-931-6118

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>Last year we moved our re-enrollment and enrollment contract process
>online. It went very well, and all parents, new and returning, completed
>the contract online. We printed 50 contracts just in case but no family
>asked for a paper version.
>
>Last year, we had the parent 'sign' the contract electronically. After we
>received the deposit, we printed out a paper copy which was then signed by
>our CFO and mailed back to the parent. This year we are going to
>eliminate this last step and have our school electronically sign the
>contract and post it in the parent's file on our intranet.
>
>Although we have received legal advice about electronic signatures, we
>would like to hear from any school who is using electronic signatures in
>any capacity to see if they have any concerns about the legality of
>e-signatures or concerns from parents.
>
>Thanks in advance for your input.
>
>Loretta Sevier
>Web Coordinator
>The Potomac School
>lsevier@potomacschool.org
>www.potomacschool.org
>(703)749-2722
>
>
>
>
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