Go to School Settings > Settings to enable options and customize settings for your school.
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Sign In-Out |
Parent and Authorized Pickups Signatures on Mobile | Prompt parents/guardians and authorized pickups to add a signature during sign-in/out. |
KinderSystems Sign In-Out Verification (Texas Only) Procare is working on an update that will allow privately paying parents to opt out of these sign-in/sign-out requirements, per your policy. For now, the setting applies to all families — it cannot be turned on for some and off for others.
As of September 11, 2026, this setting must be manually turned on if you are a new center or add a new school and are a Texas customer reporting attendance through KinderSystems.
| KinderSystem Texas Requirements In September 2026, the state of Texas adopted new requirements for collecting and submitting child attendance records for subsidized child care. This setting must be enabled for Texas customers to collect the required attendance data. Photo, signature, and geolocation requirements must be collected at sign-in/out. These requirements apply to both staff and parent/guardian sign-on/out. These requirements cannot be changed or disabled when transmitting attendance via the KinderSystems integration. This setting is global and cannot be configured on a per-family or per-staff basis.
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Password Protect Sign In-Out on Mobile | Lock the app in Kiosk mode and require a password to unlock the screen. |
Parent and Authorized Pickups Kiosk Form | Require parents/guardians and authorized pickups to quickly answer a question or add a note during pickup/drop-off. |
Staff Kiosk Form | Allows you to ask your staff members up to five questions upon check-in or check-out. |
Contactless QR Scan | Enable the QR code sign-in settings for parents/guardians, authorized pickups and staff. |
Curbside Contactless (GPS) Sign-In/Out | Set up curbside sign-in/out for your location so parents can sign their children in or out from their app without entering the building. |
Billing |
Parent Wallet | This setting allows parents to: add up to six multiple payment methods to their Procare account, creating a wallet of payment options set an autopay or default payment method
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Parent Notifications |
Sign-in and Sign-out | Send an email or push notification to a parent/guardian when their child(ren) are signed in/out of a room by a staff member. Allow a parent/guardian to disable the push in the child care mobile app. A parent/guardian can still view attendance records on their child’s activity feed.
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Room Transfers | Parents/guardians receive a daily activity when their child is transferred between rooms. When disabled, parents/guardians will not be able to see when their child was transferred.
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Data |
Allow Parent to Edit Family Records | Allow families to enter or edit their account information. Once a school enters the student's name, parent's/guardian’s name and contact information, the parent/guardian can enter or edit.
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Display Student Name as (Last, First) | Changes how student names are displayed on the Procare Online website and in the child care mobile app. |
Display Staff Name on Daily Activities | Parents/guardians viewing the daily activities log on the website and the app can see staff names when this is enabled. |
School Email | Update the email used for school communication in leads, newsletters and event invites. |
Daily Activities |
Incident Reports | Requires staff to provide a digital signature when creating an incident. Parents/guardians will also be asked to provide digital signatures for Incident Reports through the incident activity or the sign-in/out process.
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Allow Staff to Share Observations with Parents To make Observation activities require admin approval by default, contact our Customer Support.
| When enabled, parents will see the Observation activity in their Daily Summary and activity feed. Upon recording Observations, staff will have the option to mark the Staff Only - Requires Admin Approval for Parents option. When the Staff Only option is checked, the Observation will be sent for admin approval before sending to parents.
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