NOTE:  Before reading the following, it is recommended that you read the
State of North Carolina Home School Information Packet.

Abandonment, Infant
Abuse in the home school, Child
Academic Records, Student
        Need to obtain student records from the student's previous school?
        Who designs, provides & retains the student transcript?
Acknowledgment card replacement
Attendance, Student  
        How do I obtain another form?
        Must home schools use the DNPE student attendance record form?
        Where does DNPE derive its authority to inspect them?
        Who provides verification of student enrollment and attendance?
Calling DNPE -- How can I reach a live person quickly?
Changes, Notifying DNPE about
        Adding/deleting students
        How do I report changes?
        Which changes should be reported?
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 and graduation events for students
        Does the State of NC emboss its state seal on home school diplomas?
        Graduation ceremonies or related events held?
        Issue diplomas to post high school age students?
        Send my Notice of Intent and immediately issue a student diploma?
        Who provides the diploma?
        Will a home school diploma usually be recognized?
Distance, correspondence, audio/video or web-based learning programs
        Does the US or NC accredit distance learning programs for high school students?
        May I enroll my child in one?
        May I enroll my child in the NC Virtual Public School program?
        Suggestions for selecting one?
        What about "educational 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 NC?
        Who may be the supervising driver of a student holding certain levels of permits/licenses?
Driving Eligibility Certificates, Student
        Correspondence, web, "umbrella" or distance learning program enrollees
        Costs, NC license restoration
        Fax one to me?
        Hardships
        Laws, Rules & procedures
        License, Levels of NC driver's
        Needed before taking Driver Education course?
        Number needed per student
        Ordering and shipping time frames
        Out-of-state school attendance
        Pick them up at DNPE office?
        Revocation information
        Should 15 year olds remain in a conventional school until a NC drivers permit is obtained?
        Transfers between schools
        What and why?
        What is meant by "This certificate expires 30 days from the above issue date"?
        Who signs the DEC form on the line labeled "Signature of School Official"?
Educators' role in the home school, Professional
         Participate as part of a two household home school instructional arrangement?
         Provide consultative services directly to the home school teaching parent/guardian?
         Teach one or more academic subjects directly to the home schooled student?
         Tutoring of home schooled students
         What about "enrichment," "elective" or "supplemental" classes?
         What about enrolling students part time in a conventional school?
         What about utilizing distance learning 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 NC 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 to all schools, Annual
        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 NC 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?
Summer school
Support groups & activities, Home school
        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 NC 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 NC 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 NC 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 NC home schools
Why do North Carolinians home school their children?

8/08