diff --git a/src/pages/RegisterStudents.vue b/src/pages/RegisterStudents.vue
index f2be680ad..850f7892d 100644
--- a/src/pages/RegisterStudents.vue
+++ b/src/pages/RegisterStudents.vue
@@ -343,8 +343,10 @@ async function submitStudents() {
   }
   // Begin submit process
   const totalUsers = submitObject.length;
-  const chunkedSubmitObject = _chunk(submitObject, 10);
+  const chunkedSubmitObject = _chunk(submitObject, 1000);
   for (const chunk of chunkedSubmitObject) {
+    const students = [];
+    // TODO: Chunk into groups of 1000 and use importUsers (from registerBatchWithEmailPassword in auth store) to register users
     for (const user of chunk) {
       // Handle Email Registration
       const {
@@ -361,15 +363,15 @@ async function submitStudents() {
         ...userData
       } = user;
       const computedEmail = email || `${username}@roar-auth.com`;
-      let sendObject = {
+      let studentObj = {
         email: computedEmail,
         password,
         userData,
       };
-      if (username) _set(sendObject, 'userData.username', username);
-      if (firstName) _set(sendObject, 'userData.name.first', firstName);
-      if (middleName) _set(sendObject, 'userData.name.middle', middleName);
-      if (lastName) _set(sendObject, 'userData.name.last', lastName);
+      if (username) _set(studentObj, 'userData.username', username);
+      if (firstName) _set(studentObj, 'userData.name.first', firstName);
+      if (middleName) _set(studentObj, 'userData.name.middle', middleName);
+      if (lastName) _set(studentObj, 'userData.name.last', lastName);
 
       const orgNameMap = {
         district: district,
@@ -380,7 +382,7 @@ async function submitStudents() {
 
       // If orgType is a given column, check if the name is
       //   associated with a valid id. If so, add the id to
-      //   the sendObject. If not, reject user
+      //   the studentObj. If not, reject user
       for (const [orgType, orgName] of Object.entries(orgNameMap)) {
         if (orgName) {
           let orgInfo;
@@ -396,7 +398,7 @@ async function submitStudents() {
           }
 
           if (!_isEmpty(orgInfo)) {
-            _set(sendObject, `userData.${orgType}`, orgInfo);
+            _set(studentObj, `userData.${orgType}`, orgInfo);
           } else {
             addErrorUser(user, `Error: ${orgType} '${orgName}' is invalid`);
             if (processedUsers >= totalUsers) {
@@ -407,37 +409,45 @@ async function submitStudents() {
         }
       }
 
-      authStore
-        .registerWithEmailAndPassword(sendObject)
-        .then(() => {
-          toast.add({
-            severity: 'success',
-            summary: 'User Creation Success',
-            detail: `${sendObject.email} was sucessfully created.`,
-            life: 9000,
-          });
-          processedUsers = processedUsers + 1;
-          if (processedUsers >= totalUsers) {
-            activeSubmit.value = false;
-            if (errorUsers.value.length === 0) {
-              // Processing is finished, and there are no error users.
-              router.push({ name: 'Home' });
-            }
-          }
-        })
-        .catch((e) => {
-          toast.add({
-            severity: 'error',
-            summary: 'User Creation Failed',
-            detail: 'Please see error table below.',
-            life: 3000,
-          });
-          addErrorUser(user, e);
-          if (processedUsers >= totalUsers) {
-            activeSubmit.value = false;
-          }
-        });
+      students.push(studentObj);
+
+      // add each individual student Obj to the students array
+
+      // authStore
+      //   .registerWithEmailAndPassword(studentObj)
+      //   .then(() => {
+      //     toast.add({
+      //       severity: 'success',
+      //       summary: 'User Creation Success',
+      //       detail: `${studentObj.email} was sucessfully created.`,
+      //       life: 9000,
+      //     });
+      //     processedUsers = processedUsers + 1;
+      //     if (processedUsers >= totalUsers) {
+      //       activeSubmit.value = false;
+      //       if (errorUsers.value.length === 0) {
+      //         // Processing is finished, and there are no error users.
+      //         router.push({ name: 'Home' });
+      //       }
+      //     }
+      //   })
+      //   .catch((e) => {
+      //     toast.add({
+      //       severity: 'error',
+      //       summary: 'User Creation Failed',
+      //       detail: 'Please see error table below.',
+      //       life: 3000,
+      //     });
+      //     addErrorUser(user, e);
+      //     if (processedUsers >= totalUsers) {
+      //       activeSubmit.value = false;
+      //     }
+      //   });
     }
+    // TODO: process
+
+    // submit a batched array of students to register
+    authStore.registerBatchWithEmailPassword({ students: students });
     await delay(2250);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/store/auth.js b/src/store/auth.js
index 74e791cc5..698481c8b 100644
--- a/src/store/auth.js
+++ b/src/store/auth.js
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ export const useAuthStore = () => {
       async updateConsentStatus(docName, consentVersion) {
         this.roarfirekit.updateConsentStatus(docName, consentVersion);
       },
+      async registerBatchWithEmailPassword({ students }) {
+        console.log('batch user register called with students array: ', students);
+        return;
+        // return this.roarfirekit.registerBatchWIthEmailPassword(students);
+      },
       async registerWithEmailAndPassword({ email, password, userData }) {
         return this.roarfirekit.createStudentWithEmailPassword(email, password, userData);
       },