Use cases · Education
Electronic signatures for schools and education
Send permission slips, enrollment forms and staff contracts without the paper piling up in the front office. Parents and guardians sign from the email link on their phone, with no account to create, and you can see at a glance who hasn't signed yet.
3 documents a month free. No credit card.
Documents schools send for signature
Field-trip permission slips
Each family gets their own copy to sign, with a checkbox for each activity.
Enrollment and registration forms
Contact details, emergency contacts and consents captured in fields on the form.
Staff and teacher contracts
Annual contracts and renewals signed by staff and countersigned by the principal or HR.
Technology and device agreements
Acceptable-use agreements for school laptops and accounts, signed by students and parents.
Photo and media consent forms
Consent to use students' photos in newsletters and on the school's website.
Volunteer and chaperone forms
Agreements and acknowledgments for parent volunteers before trips and events.
How a permission slip goes out
Step 1: Make the slip a template
Upload it once with the parent's signature, date and checkbox fields in place.
Step 2: Send it to the class
Use bulk send to reach up to 25 families at a time. Each family gets their own copy.
Step 3: Reminders do the chasing
Families who haven't signed get automatic reminders, and the request can expire after the trip date.
Step 4: See who's left
Your document list shows who has signed and who hasn't, and each signed copy arrives sealed.
What schools use most
Bulk send
One form to up to 25 families at a time, each with their own copy to sign.
Bulk send is included from Professional, and from Business Standard for teams.
Your own templates
Permission slips, consent forms and contracts saved with their fields in place, reused every term.
Saving your own templates is included from Standard, and on every business plan.
Signing on any phone
Families sign in the phone's browser, with no app and no account.
School workspaces and single sign-on
Give office staff and teachers their own seats with roles, and require Google Workspace or Microsoft Entra sign-in.
Single sign-on is included on every business plan.
Good to know before you send
- Student information is covered by privacy laws such as FERPA in the US. Check your district's approval process for services that handle it; the Privacy Policy and Security page describe how SignThis handles data.
- Send forms about a minor to a parent's or guardian's email address. SignThis identifies a signer by their email link, not by age or ID.
- Your district may require particular forms or an approved-vendor list.
This is general information, not legal advice, and the rules differ between countries and states. For everything SignThis doesn't do, see what SignThis does not have.
Common questions
Do parents need an account to sign?
No. They open the link in the email on any phone or computer and sign in the browser.
Can two guardians sign the same form?
Yes. Add both as signers. They can sign at the same time or one after the other, and each gets the sealed copy.
Can a student and a parent sign the same agreement?
Yes. Add both as signers on one form, in the order you choose, for example the student first and then a parent.
What if a parent has no email address?
SignThis sends signing links by email, so each signer needs an email address they can open, on a phone or a computer.
Can teachers send their own forms?
Yes. On a business plan, each teacher can have their own seat in your school's workspace, with roles set by an admin.
How many families can I send a form to at once?
Bulk send reaches up to 25 families at a time, each with their own copy to sign. Bulk send is included from Professional, and from Business Standard for teams.
How much does SignThis cost?
The free plan sends up to 3 documents a month, with no payment card and no end date. For more, plans start at $8 a month, billed monthly with no annual commitment. Signing is free for the people you send to. See every plan and its limits.