American Home Schools
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Hawaii homeschoolers must file a notice of intent with the principal of the local public school. No approval is needed. The required "written record of the planned curriculum" is not ordinarily shared with the school. An annual progress report is required; progress may be shown through testing, evaluation by a certified teacher, or parent-written report providing statements of progress in each subject area and samples of the student's work. Standardized test scores are normally required in grades 3, 6, 8, and 10, but there are provisions for alternatives to standardized testing.
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Summary:
School age children may be excepted from compulsory school attendance in the following cases: Where a child is physically or mentally unable to attend school, except for deafness and blindness, of which fact the certificate of a duly licensed physician shall be sufficient evidence; Where any child who has reached the fifteenth anniversary of birth is suitably and lawfully employed; Where a family court judge has approved withdrawal from school; Where the superintendent of education or designee has approved an appropriate alternative educational program, other than home schooling; and Where the parent of a school age child has provided notification of intent to home school the child.
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 OIS-4140) or in a letter containing the following items: Name, address, and telephone number of the child; Birthdate and grade level of the child; and Signature of the parent.
The notice of intent shall be acknowledged by the principal and the district superintendent. The notice of intent is for recordkeeping purposes and to protect families from unfounded accusations of educational neglect or truancy.
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.