ONLY the chief administrator can request a DEC. The School ID is REQUIRED from all Home Schools.
All requests for a DEC are subject to verification and will not be completed if the submitted information is incorrect.

Before issuing a DEC, a conventional non-public school or a home school must already have on file with the North Carolina Division of Non-Public Education a currently valid Notice of Intent to Operate and must be in compliance with all the laws and regulations applicable to conventional non-public schools or home schools which enroll students subject to compulsory attendance laws.

The chief administrator of a non-public school which is in compliance with all laws and regulations applicable to that type of non-public school may then request DEC forms from the North Carolina Division of Non-Public Education -- the exclusive supplier of DEC forms to all non-public schools. These DEC forms are then non-transferable between schools.

Non-public schools may NOT request DEC forms from the North Carolina Division of Non-Public Education until after the school's currently valid Notice of Intent to Operate has been on file with the North Carolina Division of Non-Public Education for six calendar months, unless the student has moved to North Carolina within the last 30 days preceding the DEC form order date.