IHBG
Home Education Policy
Eligibility:
The School Board recognizes that home education has provided
1. Standardize the
acknowledgement and evaluation processes for parents who choose the
2. Make possible a fair and
consistent relationship with all the home education programs for which the
district is designated as the participating agency, especially in those areas
left by the State of
Acknowledgement Procedures:
1. The Superintendent of
Schools will develop and revise as needed, a form to be used by parents in
registering their intent to operate a home education program with the
Superintendent of Schools. This form
will be consistent with the requirements of RSA 193-A and the accompanying
regulations of the New Hampshire Department of Education. The purpose of the form will be to provide
for efficient and economical handling of program registration, and to comply
with RSA 193-A and ED 315.
2. Parents seeking to establish
a home education program must file their letter of notification of intent with
the Superintendent of Schools within 30 days following the start of their home
school program.
3. To facilitate the process of
filing a letter of intent, parents are requested to use the Notification of
Intent Form prepared by the Superintendent of Schools.
4. Parents must provide for
their child’ attendance at a school within the District, a State of New Hampshire-approved
private school, or receive acknowledgement of the establishment of a home
education program. Conventional
attendance policies of the District and the statutes of New Hampshire apply to
all students within the District until the Commissioner of Education, the
Superintendent of Schools, or a non-public school principal acknowledge the
establishment of a home education program and immediately upon the termination
of any home education program so acknowledged.
APPROVED: January, 1996
AMENDED: May, 2001
AMENDED: June, 2006
Evaluation Procedures:
1. Parents must maintain a
portfolio of records and materials relative to the home education program and
must provide for an annual evaluation documenting the child’s demonstration of
education progress at a level commensurate with the child’s age and ability, in
accordance with RSA 193-A and ED 315.05-09.
2. Parents electing to request
the school district’s participation in the annual evaluation must make
arrangements to do so with the appropriate building administrator at least 30
days prior to the end of the public school year. Arrangements for the district’s participation
will be at the discretion of the building principal based upon the availability
of necessary resources. Parents are
responsible for making arrangements for formal assessments administered by the
school 45 days prior to their student’s participation.
3. In cases where the school
district does not participate in the annual evaluation, parents are responsible
for filing the results of the outside evaluation with the Superintendent’s
office by July 1 - ED 315.06(g).
4. The Superintendent will
develop and revise as needed, a form that may be used by parents in filing the
results of the outside evaluation. The
same form will be used by the building principal in filing the results of an
evaluation with the Superintendent’s office.
Principals will copy home educators on evaluation forms that they have
filed with the Superintendent. The Superintendent
will notify the parents if their child has demonstrated progress within 21 days
of receiving the annual evaluation data.
If progress is not demonstrated, the Superintendent will notify the
parents in compliance with ED 315.08-09.
Re-enrollment into the District Program:
1. Parents deciding to re-enroll their children
into the school district program following a period of home education will make arrangements with the building
principal to provide for an evaluation process
to determine appropriate placement in the school’s program. Placements will be consistent with the School Board policy governing student
placements, and are subject to the same appeal process.
2. Parents are responsible to remain aware of
the scope and sequence of the district curriculum and for aligning
their home education program in ways that may eliminate conflicts to
appropriate placements.
3. Parents must notify the Commissioner of
Education and the resident district Superintendent or non- public
school principal within 15 days of the termination of the home education
program and shall promptly enroll
their children with the District or a State of
Use of district facilities/programs:
1. Home education students will be permitted to utilize the school district facilities and to participate in the district’s academic curriculum program as well as its nonacademic extracurricular programs subject to the same requirements and restrictions governing usage and participation by the district’s regularly enrolled students.
2. Home Education students will be subject to
the same rules, requirements, and consequences as
regularly enrolled students using the
facilities or participating in the programs.
These rules include,
but are not limited to, the district’s
immunization requirements.
3. In programs having restricted enrollments
home education students will be allowed to participate
only if the maximum enrollment has not
been reached by regularly enrolled students, and then on a
first-come-first-admitted basis.
4. Some inter-scholastic
activities, such as those governed by the rules of the New Hampshire Interscholastic
Athletic Association, have academic eligibility requirements for all
participating schools. When a home education student seeks to
participate in such an activity the home educator must submit evidence satisfactory to the governing body
(i.e. NHIAA, etc.) that the student meets the
academic requirement for eligibility.
Graduation:
No home educated student
will be granted a diploma or be allowed to participate in the graduation
ceremonies without completing at least their final year within the school’s
regular program.
PARENT NOTIFICATION OF INTENT
FOR HOME EDUCATION
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT #53
(603) 485-5187
(603) 485-9529 (Fax)
Parents wishing to
establish a home education program for children between the ages of six (6) and
sixteen (16) are asked to register their intent by completing this form and
filing it with the office of the Superintendent of Schools at the above
address.
This
form will serve as your letter of intent.
In order to officially register your home education program it should be
completed in its entirety. If your home
school program(s) will seek to use school district facilities or to participate
in school district programs, please attach a photocopy of the immunization
records for each student.
Please provide the name, date of birth and grade level for each child
participating in your home education program:
student name date of birth grade
student name date of birth grade
student name date of birth grade
student name date of birth grade
student name date of birth grade
Please provide the necessary contact information for your home
education program:
street address telephone
town zip
As parent(s)/guardian(s), I (We) recognize that a home education
program must consist of instruction in science, mathematics, language,
government, history, health, reading, writing, spelling, the history of the
constitutions of New Hampshire and the United States, and exposure to and
appreciation of art and music.
name of parent/guardian parent/guardian signature date
name of parent/guardian parent/guardian signature date
EVALUATION SUMMARY
FOR HOME EDUCATION
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT #53
(603) 485-5187
(603) 485-9529 (Fax)
An evaluation summary for each home education student must be filed with the designated participating agency on or before July 1. Home educators filing summaries with School Administrative Unit #53 may use this form to report the results of their child’s evaluation. For parents electing school district participation in the evaluation, the appropriate building principal within the district will take care of the necessary filing and will provide a copy of this form to the parents. Parents electing to have an outside evaluation are responsible for filing results on or before July 1.
Student
information School District
Street Address
Town Zip Telephone
Pembroke
Date of Birth Grade
Evaluation Summary: If the evaluation is conducted by a teacher who is not an employee of the school district, please attach a photocopy of the teacher’s certification and the teacher’s evaluation in compliance with ED 315.06. If the student takes a standardized test administered outside the district, please include the name and address of the test administrator and the composite results of the test.
Evaluator’s Name Certification
Street Address Town Zip Telephone
Description of work reviewed (Can include any standardized testing date, course grades from approved programs, student portfolio, etc.) and summary of the student’s educational progress.
Has has not made adequate educational progress.
Student’s Name
________________ ______________
Evaluator’s Signature Date Parent’s Signature Date