# Invite other parents

URL: https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/invite-other-parents
Tab: Setup
Category: Account
Updated: 2026-10-07

Invite another parent or guardian to manage the homeschool alongside you.

Any number of parents or guardians can manage your homeschool with you. Each one gets full access, including billing, and none of them counts as a student.

## Inviting a parent

1. Click the three dots '...' near your profile icon and go to **Settings**, then **Parent Access** in the left nav.
2. Click **Add Parent**.
3. Enter their **Parent email** and click **Send invite**.

They receive an email. Opening the link shows who invited them and to which school. They set a password, click **Create account**, and sign in. From then on they see everything you see.

An invite lasts 7 days. Sending another invite to the same address resends the email. Until it is accepted, the row shows **Invited** and its **…** menu offers **Revoke**.

The email address must not already belong to an OpenSky account. If the person already has one, invite them at a different address.

## What a parent can do

There is one parent role. Every parent can add students and courses, schedule, grade, change settings and manage billing.

A parent is also a person in OpenSky, not just an administrator:

- They can be added to an **event** and tick it off when it is done.
- They keep their own **book list**.
- They appear under **Parents** wherever you pick people, which is why those pickers say **People** rather than "Students".
- They fill in their own [profile](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/parent-profile), and a portfolio can include either parent.

To see a parent's checklist, open the person menu in the checklist toolbar and choose their name.

## What a parent is not

A parent is never enrolled in a school year, so they do not appear in attendance, the gradebook, transcripts, or the per-student calendar links on the Calendar Integrations page. You will not find them under **Manage Students** either.

## Parent accidently made a new account

If a parent accidentally made a new OpenSky account reach out to [support@openskyplanner.com](mailto:support@openskyplanner.com) and we will be happy to help.

## Need more help?

Reach out any time at [support@openskyplanner.com](mailto:support@openskyplanner.com) and we will be happy to help.