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§8-12-13  Notification of intent to home school. (a) The parent shall provide the local public school principal with a notice of intent to home educate the child before initiating home schooling.  The purpose of notification is to allow the department, upon request of the parent, to assist in the educational efforts.  The notice of intent may be submitted on a department developed form (Form 4140) or in a letter containing the following items:
(1) Name, address, and telephone number of the child;
(2) Birthdate and grade level of the child; and
(3) Signature of the parent.
(b) The notice of intent shall be acknowledged by the principal and the district superintendent.  The notice of intent is for record keeping purposes and to §8-12-15

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protect families from unfounded accusations of educational neglect or truancy.
(c) If a child's annual progress report has been submitted as stated in §8-12-18(b), notification of intent to home school need not be resubmitted annually, except in cases where the child is transferring from one local public school to another, for example, transition from sixth grade to an intermediate school.  Then the parents shall notify the principal of the child's new local public school.
(d) The parent(s) submitting a notice to home school a child shall be responsible for the child's total educational program including athletics and other co-curricular activities. [Eff. 11/7/91; am and comp 5/13/00] (Auth: HRS §§302A-1112, 302A-1132) (Imp: HRS §302A-1132)

§8-12-14  Required statutory services.  All educational and related services statutorily mandated shall be made available at the home public school site to home-schooled children who have been evaluated and certified as needing educational and related services and who request the services. [Eff. 11/7/91; comp 5/13/00] (Auth: HRS §§302A-1112, 302A-1132) (Imp: HRS §302A-1132)

§8-12-15  Record of curriculum.  The parent submitting a notice of intent to home school shall keep §8-12-17

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a record of the planned curriculum for the child.  The curriculum shall be structured and based on educational objectives as well as the needs of the child, be cumulative and sequential, provide a range of up-to-date knowledge and needed skills, and take into account the interests, needs and abilities of the child.  The record of the planned curriculum should include the following:
(1) The commencement date and ending date of the program;
(2) A record of the number of hours per week the child spends in instruction;
(3) The subject areas to be covered in the planned curriculum:
(A) An elementary school curriculum may include the areas of language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, art, music, health and physical education to be offered at the appropriate development stage of the child;§8-12-18

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(B) A secondary school curriculum may include the subject areas of social studies, English, mathematics, science, health, physical education and guidance.
(4) The method used to determine mastery of materials and subjects in the curriculum; and
(5) A list of textbooks or other instructional materials which will be used.  The list shall be in standard bibliographical format. For books, the author, title, publisher and date of publication shall be indicated.  For magazines, the author, article title, magazine, date, volume number and pages shall be indicated. [Eff. 11/7/91; comp 5/13/00]


§8-12-16  Notification of termination of home schooling.  The parent shall notify the principal if home schooling is terminated.  A child shall be re-enrolled in the local public school or licensed private school unless a new alternative educational program is presented within five school days after the termination of home schooling. [Eff. 11/7/91; comp 5/13/00]     (Auth: HRS §§302A-1112, 302A-1132) (Imp: HRS §302A-1132)
 

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