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NCDOA : Agencies and Commissions : Non-Public Education : Home School Information : Frequently Asked Home School Questions

Abandonment, Infant
Abuse in the home school, Child
Academic Records, Student
	Must student academic and attendance records be obtained from the previously attended school? Who designs, provides & retains the student transcript for home schooled students?
Acknowledgment card replacement
Attendance, Student
	Attendance recordkeeping forms -- How can they be acquired? Do the North Carolina General Statutes require that non-public school student attendance records be made available for inspection by DNPE? Must home schools use the student attendance recordkeeping form provided by DNPE? Who provides verification of student enrollment and attendance?
Calling DNPE -- How can I reach a live person quickly?
Change Notifications
	Changes to report? How do I report changes? Should I notify DNPE when adding/deleting students to/from a currently registered school? What is the procedure for changing the Chief Administrator’s name? What is the procedure for changing the Owner’s name?
Classes for home schooled students, Group
Closing the school
Co-ops, Home School
College
	Admission of home school graduates Entrance tests -- How do I register for the ACT, PSAT/NMSQT or SAT? May a home school enrollee take the PSAT/NMSQT at a local public high school?
Complaints about home schools
Costs, Financial
Diplomas & Graduation, Student
	Are home schools empowered by state law to issue diplomas to post high school age students? Are there any high school graduation ceremonies or other related events conducted honoring home school seniors? Does the State of North Carolina emboss its official state seal on home school diplomas? How can one compare the academic level of a home school graduate to a public school graduate? May I send my Notice of Intent and then immediately issue my student a high school diploma? Who provides diplomas for home schooled students? Will a home school diploma be recognized by colleges, the military and the business community?
Distance, correspondence, audio/video or web-based learning programs
	Does the US Department of Education or the State of North Carolina recognize any accrediting organizations which accredit distance learning programs for high school students? May I enroll my child in a distance learning program? May I enroll my child in the North Carolina Learn and Earn Online program? May I enroll my child in the North Carolina Virtual Public School program? Suggestions for selecting a distance learning program? What about distance learning programs which offer instant high school diplomas?
Driver Education course
	Completion certificate expiration date Considered part of public school curriculum? Correspondence, web, "umbrella" or distance learning program enrollees Failure to pass it Length of it May a parent/guardian teach it in his/her home school? May it be taught before & after school & during the summer? May it be taught during the school day? Must LD students successfully pass the classroom phase test? Required of age 18 or older persons? What should be taken to the local DMV office when initially obtaining a driving permit? What types of instructors are utilized? Where to enroll/obtain Which public school is responsible for teaching it to non-public school students Who is eligible to take it in the Public Schools of North Carolina? Who may be the supervising driver of a student holding certain levels of permits/licenses?
Driving Eligibility Certificates, Student
Educators' role in the home school, Professional
	May an "outside of the household" professional educator be used exclusively to provide academic instruction directly to my child? May an "outside of the household" professional educator provide consultative services directly to the parent/guardian or other teaching adult in the home? May an "outside of the household" professional educator who is already legally teaching one or more of his/her own children of compulsory attendance age teach my children academic subjects as a two household arrangement? May "tutors" be utilized to supplement or reinforce directly with the student what the parent/guardian is teaching in the subject areas of language arts, math, science or social studies? What about enrolling students in "enrichment," "elective," or "supplemental" classes? What about enrolling students part time in a conventional school setting for language arts, math, science or social studies? What about the use of various electronic instructional technologies?
Employment, Youth
Enrollment, Student
	Adding another student Co-ops Do the home school laws prohibit home schooled students from being employed? Does DNPE have authority to deal with parenting issues? Does DNPE keep and maintain student names? May a student also be enrolled part-time in a local conventional school or college? May students age 18 or older be enrolled in a North Carolina home school? May the school be considered legally "open" or "active" when there are currently no students attending? Student withdrawals Who "signs off" for taking courses part-time at a community college?
Grade levels, Student
	Assigning them Gifted students
Immunizations, Student
Inspection Verification Certificates, School
Mailings from DNPE, Annual
	Answering the operating on a regular schedule question on the card Completing the enrollment line on your pink or gray card Duplicate mailings Lost/misplaced part or all of my annual mailing When should I expect the annual mailing?
Moving
	Into North Carolina Out of North Carolina Within North Carolina
Name, School
	Any suggestions in choosing one? Duplicate school names May I change it?
Public Schools of North Carolina
	April or May withdrawals Can home school annual testing be done in them? Enrolling a home schooled student back in Grade placement for home schooled 5 & 6 year old students How are high school transfer credits determined for formerly home schooled students? Legal roles of local school systems & social workers in inspecting home school records, etc. Participation in their activities Providing your child's social security number to school officials Services to home schooled special needs children Transfer students from home schools take End of Grade/End of Course tests for grade placement? Valedictorian/salutatorian eligibility Withdrawing a student from Withdrawing a student under age 7 from
Re-opening a Home School
Record Review Meetings
Registration, School (Filing a Notice of Intent)
	Acknowledgment card -- Can it be replaced? After sending my Notice of Intent, what happens next? Any consequences for failing to register? Anything I need to know now about North Carolina student drivers? Approval or acceptance of the Notice of Intent -- Is it automatic? April or May registration Backdating the Notice of Intent Call DNPE to check progress on processing it? Completing the chief administrator & owner lines Deadlines/time frames Diploma evidence for parents/guardians Elect to operate under part 1 or part 2? Fastest way to file it? Fax it? First grade placement for home schooled kindergarten students Hand deliver it to DNPE offices? Legal definition of a home school Legal distinction between a boarding School and a home school Length of completion process Name, Choosing a school Non-diploma holding parent/guardian household options Numbers, School code -- Are they issued to schools? Re-opening a home school Replacing a lost G.E.D. Required annually? Required even though my primary residency is out-of-state? Required for 5/6 year olds? Required for 16/17 year olds? Required for age 18 or older students? Required for each student? Send Notice of Intent now & diploma evidence later? Should I send my student to school until the registration has been processed? Students currently failing in a conventional school Telephone number required? Why are you asking for my e-mail address? Withdrawals from year-round schools
Summer school
Support Groups & Activities
	Contact persons for local support groups Distinction between support group activities & academic instruction Statewide/regional conferences, conventions, book fairs, workshops, meetings
Termination, School
	How do I close my school? How long may a Notice of Intent remain legally active without enrollment? Who possesses this power?
Tests, Nationally standardized achievement
	Administering and scoring of them Any exceptions to the testing requirement? Are student test scores considered public records? Determining if they meet North Carolina legal criteria How well do North Carolina home schooled students perform on them? Is machine-scoring required by law? Minimum score required? Older normed tests acceptable? Public Schools of North Carolina tests acceptable? Recommend one version over another? Required for 5/6 year olds? Required for 16/17 year olds? Required for special needs children? School code numbers for college entrance/placement test registration Send results to DNPE? Seven year olds -- How soon must they be tested? Test before completing the year's curriculum? Testing required again since done earlier in a conventional school? Testing required this year if I add my other child this spring? What about testing my nine year old and also my five year old? What are the AP and the CLEP tests? What is meant by basic battery, complete battery and survey? What is meant by grade equivalent scores, percentiles and stanines? When to have them administered and ordered? Where to obtain them? Which achievement tests are most widely used by North Carolina home schools? Who pays the testing expense? Will the ACT, PSAT/NMSQT and SAT college tests be acceptable?
Textbooks/Curriculum
	Are specific courses required for high school graduation? Must certain subjects be taught on particular grade levels? Recommend any textbooks/curriculum over another? State of North Carolina or local public schools provide textbooks? Where can I obtain textbooks/curriculum? Where can parents with blind students acquire instructional materials?
Transcripts, Student
Travel, out-of-state
Tutoring of home schooled students
Two household home schools -- What are they?
Visits/Meetings with a DNPE staff member, Annual
	Are on-site home school visits conducted? Is advance notification given? What are Record Review Meetings?
Vouchers for North Carolina home schools
Why do North Carolinians home school their children?

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