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Part 1 of 9: How to Comply with New York’s Homeschool Law
Part 2 of 9: Compulsory School Age in New York
Part 3 of 9: How to Withdraw Your Child from School in New York
Part 4 of 9: Public School Access for Homeschoolers in New York
Part 5 of 9: Special Education Provisions for New York
Part 6 of 9: The Importance of Recordkeeping in New York
Part 7 of 9: Child Labor and Work Permit Laws in New York
Part 8 of 9: Jury Duty Laws in New York
Part 9 of 9: New York Legal Analysis
1. Submit a notice of intent.
You must submit a notice of intent to homeschool to the district superintendent by July 1 (the beginning of the school year) annually, or within 14 days of establishing your new homeschool program during the school year. HSLDA has a notice of intent form for our members’ use, attached below. For families who live in New York City (within Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, or Staten Island), this notice, and all homeschooling correspondence, should instead be submitted to the New York City Department of Education’s Office of Home Schooling at 333 Seventh Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001. Additionally, HSLDA members should contact us if withdrawing a child from a New York City public school in the middle of the school year, as there could be special considerations of which to be aware.
2. Submit an Individualized Home Instruction Plan (IHIP).
Each school year, you must submit an IHIP by August 15 or within four weeks of the receipt of the IHIP form from the school district (whichever is later). The IHIP form requires you to submit your child’s name, age, and grade level; a list of your syllabi, curriculum materials, textbooks, or plan of instruction; dates for submission of quarterly reports; and the name of whoever is giving the instruction. The IHIP form can be downloaded below.
If applicable, your IHIP should include, along with the subjects to be covered, a statement indicating that your student will be meeting the compulsory educational requirements through full-time study (at least 12 hours a semester) at a degree-granting institution.
3. Comply with day, hour, and subject requirements.
The subject requirements are outlined below:
Traffic safety (including bike safety)
And at least once before grade 9
US and New York history and constitutions
Social studies, including American history, participation in government, and economics (4 credits)
Art or music (1 credit)
4. File quarterly reports.
Reports must be submitted to the district superintendent each quarter. These should include the number of hours of instruction during the quarter, a description of the material covered in each subject, and a grade or narrative evaluation in each subject. Quarterly report forms are available to HSLDA members below.
5. Assess your child annually.
An annual assessment is required every year. In grades 1–3, you can have your student take a standardized test or you can choose to submit a written narrative evaluation for your student. In grades 4–8, standardized testing is required at least every other year, with the written narrative evaluation available as an option in the years you do not use a standardized testing option. So, for example, you could use a written narrative evaluation in grade 4 but would need to use a standardized test in grade 5, and so on. Standardized testing is required every year in high school.
You may choose one of the following tests:
the California Achievement Test,
the Stanford Achievement Test,
the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills,
the Metropolitan Achievement Test,
a State Education Department Test, or
another test approved by the State Education Department, such as the Personalized Achievement Summary System (PASS) test.
Written narrative evaluations may be conducted by a certified teacher, a home instruction peer group review panel, or other person with the consent of the local superintendent. Just as with the standardized test, you can obtain implied consent by notifying the superintendent in your third quarterly report that you will be submitting a written narrative evaluation and by whom it will be prepared.
New York Individualized Home Instruction Plan (IHIP)
Section 100.10(c)(1) of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education requires the local school district to provide a form to parents on which to submit an Individualized Home Instruction Plan (IHIP). However, many school districts provide forms which seek information other than what is specified in the regulation. In this instance, HSLDA recommends use of the form we have developed.
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New York Notice of Intent to Commence a Home Instruction Program
Fill out this notice and mail it "CERTIFIED MAIL/RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED" to the superintendent of your school district by July 1 of each year. For families who live in New York City (within Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, or Staten Island), this notice, and all homeschooling correspondence, should instead be submitted to the New York City Department of Education’s Office of Homeschooling at 333 Seventh Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001. Additionally, please contact us if you are withdrawing your child from a New York City public school in the middle of the school year as there could be special considerations for you to be aware of.
Parents are free to use any format in submitting quarterly reports. HSLDA provides this form for your convenience.