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Frequently Asked Home School Question Topics

Abandonment, Infant
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 replacement, Notice of Intent (See Home School Guidebook section "Listing a Home School for Legal Recognition")
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, attendance and graduation?
Calling DNPE -- How can I reach a live person quickly?
Change Notifications (See Home School Guidebook section "School Names and Chief Administrators")
Classes for home schooled students, Group (See Home School Guidebook section "Home School Academics")
Closing the school (See Home School Guidebook section "Termination Power of a Home School")
Co-ops, Home School (See Home School Guidebook section "Home School Academics")
College
Complaints about home schools
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? 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 (See Home School Guidebook section "Home School Academics")
Driver Education course
Driving Eligibility Certificates, Student
Educators' role in the home school, Professional (See Home School Guidebook section "Home School Academics")
Grade levels, Student
	Assigning them Gifted students
Immunizations, Student
Inspection Verification Certificates, School (See Home School Guidebook section "Listing a Home School for Legal Recognition")
Moving
	Into North Carolina Out of North Carolina Within North Carolina
Public Schools of North Carolina
	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. 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 (See Home School Guidebook section "Home School Visits by DNPE")
Registration, School (Filing a Notice of Intent) (See Home School Guidebook section "Listing a Home School for Legal Recognition")
	Any consequences for failing to register? Approval or acceptance of the Notice of Intent -- Is it automatic? Non-diploma holding parent/guardian household options Numbers, School code -- Are they issued to schools? Re-opening a home school 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? Should I send my student to school until the registration has been processed? 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 (See the Home School Guidebook section "Termination Power of a Home School")
	How do I close my school? How long may a Notice of Intent remain legally active without enrollment?
Tests, Nationally standardized achievement
	Any exceptions to the testing requirement? Are student test scores considered public records? Determining if they meet North Carolina legal criteria Older normed tests acceptable? 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 Seven year olds -- How soon must they be tested? Testing required again since done earlier in a conventional school? Testing required this year if I add my other child this spring? 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? Who pays the testing expense? Will the ACT, PSAT/NMSQT and SAT college tests be acceptable?
Textbooks/Curriculum
Transcripts, Student
Travel, out-of-state
Tutoring of home schooled students (See Home School Guidebook section "Home School Academics")
Visits/Meetings with a DNPE staff member, Annual
Why do North Carolinians home school their children?

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