American Home Schools
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American Home Schools |
Arkansas laws require parents to notify local school superintendent of intent to homeschool by filling out a Letter of Intent and signing a waiver before Aug. 15 or Dec. 15 each year. Parents withdrawing children from public school during the school year must wait 14 calendar days after filing LOI to begin homeschooling. This requirement can be waived by superintendent or school board. Testing is done in grades 5, 7, 10. The homeschooled student must not be more than two years beyond the normal age for the appropriate grade. Students under disciplinary action or having excessive unexcused absences may not be allowed to begin homeschooling until they have met certain criteria.
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Summary:
"Home School" means a school primarily conducted by parents or legal guardians for their own children.
Parents or guardians desiring to provide a home school for their children must give written notice to the superintendent of their local school district of their intent to provide a home school for their children and sign a waiver acknowledging that the State of Arkansas is not liable for the education of their children during the time that the parents choose to home school.
Within thirty (30) calendar days of establishing residency within the district, parents or guardians moving into the school district during the school year must give written notice to the superintendent of their local school district of their intent to provide a home school for their children and sign a waiver acknowledging that the State of Arkansas is not liable for the education of their children during the time that the parents choose to home school.
Each student enrolled in a home school program who is considered to be at a grade level, or no more than two (2) years beyond the normal age for the appropriate grade, for which the state mandates norm-referenced tests for public school students shall be tested using a nationally recognized achievement test selected by the State Board of Education.