Frequently Asked Home School Questions - Textbooks/Curriculum

Do you recommend any textbooks/curriculum over another?

No.  DNPE does not.

Does state law mandate that home schooled students take certain subjects in order to graduate from high school?

No.  The home school statutes do not speak to this topic. 

However, DNPE recommends that home schools require students to successfully complete the same subjects required of public school students and which will meet the UNC system's freshman college entrance requirements. 

See the next question below; and, also who provides diplomas and transcripts.

Does state law require that home schooled students take certain subjects on specific grade levels?

No.  The home school statutes are silent on the topic of which subjects must be taught in home schools and on what grade levels. 

Each home school administrator determines which subjects will be offered on specific grade levels within the home school and which ones will be required for high school graduation from the home school. 

Also, see the previous question.

Does the State of North Carolina or the local public school system provide textbooks/curriculum?

No.  The chief administrator of the home school must pay for and purchase them directly from private companies. 

There are no government (state, federal or local) or private funding sources available to North Carolina home schools.

Where can I obtain textbooks/curriculum?

North Carolina home school laws do not address the subject of textbooks or curriculum. 

Consequently, DNPE doesn't provide such information. 

However, North Carolinians for Home Education (NCHE), an independent non-governmental statewide home school advocacy office based in Raleigh, has this information available on its web site giving the names and addresses of textbook/curriculum vendors who sell textbooks, curriculum and learning materials to home school administrators. 

NCHE's Raleigh telephone number is (919) 790-1100. 

They also can provide a number of other free resources to facilitate getting your home school started smoothly. 

For North Carolina public school curriculum information, click here.

Where can parents with blind students acquire instructional materials?

By clicking on American Printing House for the Blind and then on Hadley School for the Blind

Also, click on Blind Students in North Carolina Non-Public Schools.