Falkirk Council is proposing that pupils who are not Catholic will have to put in a placing request to enter the schools, even if they live inside the catchment area.
As in the rest of the UK, such schools have a mixed roll including pupils of different faiths or none but councils are legally obliged to provide denominational education to Catholic pupils.
A Falkirk council report said almost 40 pupils were denied enrolment at Catholic schools last year, lengthening the waiting list for places.
It said: “It was not possible to reserve any places for pupils likely to move into the area because the demand came from pupils that live in the catchment areas of these schools.
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