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

How do I report changes?  You may send written notice of them via the US Postal Service or you may call them in to DNPE.  When calling, you can either leave the change information on the DNPE voice mail system 24/7 or you may leave a message to have a staff member return your call during public business hours.  Staff members will usually make the change(s) in the PC database while you are "on the phone" with them.  You may then want to ask the staff member to "read back" to you the change(s) exactly as they now appear in the database after the changes were made.  To avoid delay, confusion and potential mistakes:  Always give the school name exactly as it appears in the school mailing label or address area of the mailing you receive from DNPE each August; give the county in which the school is currently located within the DNPE database along with the chief administrator's name as it appears on that annual August mailing school address area.  Other important suggestions in reporting changes include:  Inform DNPE of any mailing address changes before each June 25; be sure to always note any address changes as such on the 4" x 6" pink (or gray) colored postal card mailed every August to each second year and older home school; and, do not attach notes about address changes or closures to the annual student test result and attendance records you might mail to DNPE.  They may more easily get overlooked.  Send them instead in a separate envelope.  If they must be attached, make them more easily "catch the eye" of the DNPE staff.  Also, see "Calling DNPE."

Should I notify DNPE when adding/deleting students to/from a currently registered school?  No.  All student enrollment and attendance records are maintained solely by the home school itself -- not by the government.  If, however, there are no longer any students enrolled in the school, that information should be reported at once to DNPE.

Which changes should be reported?  Always notify DNPE within ten days whenever the school:  Has been terminated (Classes are no longer being conducted on a regular schedule for at least nine calendar months in this state; or, all its students have been enrolled in another conventional school or college); has changed its mailing address (Be sure to give any county changes, too); has changed its location address (Don't forget to send new directions); or, has changed its telephone number (Always include area code).  Also, notify DNPE at once if something is incorrect in the school mailing address area of the mailing you receive from DNPE each August.  Also, see "Name, School."
 

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