6012 - Educating a Child at Home

Windsor Locks Board of Education

Manual of Policies, Regulations, and Bylaws

Section: INSTRUCTION Definition: POLICY

Title: Educating a Child at Home Number: 6012

  Page: 1 of 2

Adopted: September 1985

Revised: October 1996

Replaces:

Public law allows parents or guardians to educate a child in other than the public schools if they are able to show that the child is elsewhere receiving instruction in the studies taught in the public schools. Private and parochial schools approved by the State Board of Education meet this equivalency.

If parents wish to educate their child at home they must show equivalency of program as required by law. The Board of Education expects the school administration to work cooperatively with home schooling parents. Home schooled students are not eligible for school offerings or activities. Pursuant to State Board of Education guidelines the following procedure must be followed in order to ascertain that home schooled children between the ages of 7 and 16 receive an equivalent education.

1) Parents shall file with the Superintendent of Schools, within ten (10) days of the start of the home instruction program, a “Notice of Intent, Instruction of Student at Home” form. Application shall not be accepted or required for any child younger than seven or older than sixteen. A “Notice of Intent” will be effective for up to one school year and must be resubmitted for subsequent school years.

2) The school district will receive the Notice of Intent, check it for its completeness and keep it as part of the district’s permanent records. A complete form will be one which provides basic program information including name of teacher, subjects to be taught, days of instruction, the teacher’s method of assessment, and a date for an annual portfolio review.

3) An annual portfolio review will be held with the parents and school officials to determine if instruction in the required courses has been given.

4) A parent, by filing a Notice of Intent, acknowledges full responsibility for the education of their child in accordance with the requirements of state law. Receipt of a Notice of Intent in no way constitutes approval by the Windsor Locks school district of the content or effectiveness of a program of home instruction.

5) If a parent fails to file Notice of Intent or files an incomplete form, a certified letter shall be sent to the parent requesting compliance within ten (10) days. Refusal to file a Notice of Intent or to participate in an annual portfolio review may cause the child to be considered truant.

Legal References: Connecticut General Statutes

10-4 Duties of State Board

10-4M Development and Submission of Educational Evaluation and Remedial Assistance Plan. Contents of Plan.

10-16B Prescribed Course of Study

10-184 Duties of parents

10-185 Penalty

10-220 Duties of Board of Education

State Board of Education Regulation

REGULATION/PROCEDURE/FORMS

Windsor Locks Public Schools

Central Office

58 South Elm Street

Windsor Locks, CT 06096

NOTICE OF INTENT TO EDUCATE A CHILD AT HOME

Name of Student _____________________________________________________Date of Birth___________________

Address _____________________________________________________Grade Level___________________

_____________________________________________________Telephone ___ _____ ___________

_____________________________________________________

Name of Teacher(s) _____________________________________________________Telephone _ __________________

Address _____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

Subjects to be taught

Required: Reading   yes   no

Writing yes no

English Grammar yes no

Geography yes no

Arithmetic yes no

U.S. History yes no

Citizenship*     yes     no

*Includes a study of town, state, and federal governments

Recommended:

Science     yes     no

Other: __________________________________________________________________________________________

Total Number of Days Scheduled for Instruction:________________________________________________________________

Teacher's Method(s) of Assessment of Student Progress:

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

An Annual Portfolio Review will be held on or about:_____________________________________________________________

I do herein acknowledge and accept full responsibility for the education of my child in accordance with the requirements of

Connecticut State Law:

Parent(s)/Guardian(s)___________________________________________________ Date_______________________________

I do hereby acknowledge only the receipt of this form and render no opinion as to the appropriateness of the planned program.

Superintendent of Schools_________________________________________________Date_______________________________