Education forms without giving up control of student data.

Education forms without giving up control of student data.

Parents and students fill forms in their browser. The document stays on their device while they edit, and completed files can go straight to your own storage.

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Schools are buried in PDF forms

40+PDF forms a typical family fills per student per year (enrollment, health, permissions, financial aid)National School Boards Association
67%of school administrators say paper-based form processing is a top operational burdenAASA School District Spending Report
$1.2Bannual cost of paper form processing across US K-12 schoolsEPA / EducationWeek

Common education PDF workflows

Enrollment & registration forms

Parents fill student enrollment forms in the browser from any device - no school portal account required, no app to download.

Permission slips & consent forms

Distribute field trip permissions, photo release forms, and activity consent forms as links. Parents sign in seconds.

Financial aid applications

Students complete supplemental financial aid PDFs with sensitive financial information, filled entirely in the browser.

Health & immunization records

Parents fill health history forms and immunization record PDFs, keeping medical information private by design.

IEP & special education forms

Teachers and parents collaborate on Individualized Education Program forms. Fill, sign, and return without printing.

Transcript & records requests

Students and alumni fill transcript request forms digitally. Completed forms route to the registrar via webhooks.

Privacy-first by design

While a form is filled in, student records, family information, financial details, and health data stay on the person's device and are never sent to SimplePDF. When they submit, with Bring Your Own Storage (S3, Azure Blob Storage, and SharePoint) the completed file goes straight to your own storage, instead of ours.

What we do

  • Editing happens on the device, never on our servers
  • On submit, files can go straight to your own storage
  • Bring Your Own Storage (S3, Azure Blob Storage, and SharePoint)

What this means for your institution

  • Student data stays on the device while the form is filled in; with Bring Your Own Storage, submissions land in storage you control
  • FERPA-friendly architecture: with Bring Your Own Storage, education records go to storage you control
  • Full control over where student documents are stored

How it works

1

Share the form

Upload your school PDFs to SimplePDF's portal and share a link with families via email, SMS, or your school website.

2

Parent or student fills the form

They open the form in their browser. No software to install, no accounts required. Works on any device - including the phones most parents will use.

3

Receive the completed document

Get the filled PDF via webhook, email notification, or directly in your storage bucket. Ready for the front office.

For ed-tech platforms and student information systems

Embed SimplePDF directly into your education platform. Parents and students fill and sign PDFs without leaving your application.

<iframe src="https://yourcompany.simplepdf.com/editor" />

Learn more about the embed options

One-line integration into any web application
White-label option to match your platform branding
Webhooks to receive completed documents automatically

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Go ahead - fill it out, sign it, download it. No account needed. Nothing leaves your browser.

Got any questions?

Does SimplePDF process student data on its servers?
While a form is being filled in, student records, family information, and financial details stay on the person's device and are never sent to SimplePDF. When they submit, with Bring Your Own Storage the completed file goes straight to your own S3, Azure Blob Storage, or SharePoint and never reaches SimplePDF's servers; without BYOS, submitted files are stored by SimplePDF.
Is SimplePDF FERPA-compliant?
SimplePDF's client-side architecture means student education records are not processed on our servers during editing. With Bring Your Own Storage, completed documents land in storage you control, keeping third-party access to education records out of the flow - a strong privacy design for FERPA compliance.
Can I embed SimplePDF into our school's student information system?
Yes. SimplePDF can be embedded as an iframe or integrated via our React, vanilla JS, or web component packages. Documents stay in the browser, and completed PDFs can be sent to your backend via webhooks. Learn more about our embed options.
Do parents need to create an account?
No. The free tier requires no account. Parents simply open the form link, fill it in, sign, and download or submit.
Does it work on mobile phones?
Yes. SimplePDF works in any modern browser on desktop, tablet, and mobile. Most parents will fill forms on their phone - it works great.
Where are completed documents stored?
All PDF editing happens in the browser. When saving completed documents, the client uploads directly to the target storage using presigned URLs. You can use Bring Your Own Storage (S3, Azure Blob Storage, and SharePoint) to keep documents within your own storage.

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