IMPORTANT HOME SCHOOL INFORMATION
Attached is a REVISED NOTICE OF INTENT TO HOME SCHOOL form to be used by parents/guardians in declaring their intent to provide home schooling for their children. Please begin utilizing the revised form immediately. There were no changes made to the attached Waiver form.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHOULD FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES LISTED BELOW IN SUBMITTING ALL NOTICE OF INTENT TO HOME SCHOOL FORMS:
SUBMIT TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (ADE): Please submit a legible copy of each Notice of Intent to Home School form (front and back) filed with your district. Please continue to submit the Intents all year long.
SUBMIT TO COOPERATIVES: Please submit a LEGIBLE copy of the front of each Notice of Intent to Home School form that has a student listed in grades 5, 7, or 10. (Do not send copies unless a student is listed in grades 5, 7, or 10 on the Intent.) This is to facilitate the required home school testing process for the 2001-2002 school year. The co-ops will need legible information in order to inform home school parents of the testing dates, times and locations. This information is also necessary for co-ops to secure an adequate number of test administrators.
Parents/guardians listed on the Notice of Intent to Home School forms, WHICH THE DISTRICTS SUBMIT TO THE CO-OPS BY SEPTEMBER 4, 2001, will receive notification regarding the required home school testing for the 2001-2002 school year.
Due to the short time line between the beginning of the school year and the required home school testing, it is important that legible copies of Intents be submitted to the co-ops and ADE as soon as possible. After the testing window is complete, districts no longer need to submit copies to their cooperative. Do not send copies of the Waiver form. If districts have further questions concerning home school testing, please contact the director of your co-op. Pulaski County school districts do not have a cooperative and will conduct their own testing.
School districts should keep the original Notice of Intent to Home School and Waiver forms for their files.
Notice of Intent to Home School forms submitted by districts to the Arkansas Department of Education should be sent to:
Dottie Hughes
Home School Office
Arkansas Department of Education
4 Captiol Mall, Room 102-A
Little Rock, AR 72201
Home school information is available on the Arkansas Department of Education web site at: http://arkedu.state.ar.us/home_school/hs_main_page.htm. This information includes: the Notice of Intent to Home School and Waiver forms, an example of a completed Notice of Intent to Home School, home school law, rules and regulations governing home schools, a Frequently Asked Questions document, correspondence courses provided by colleges and universities, resource information on books, materials and correspondence schools, and the names and telephone numbers of the two statewide home school support groups. Districts will be notified should this web address change.
Attached are copies of Arkansas Code Annotated, Volume 4A, 1999 Supplement, Title 6: Education, Home School Law and Arkansas Department of Education Rules and Regulations Governing Home Schools.