How well do YOU know Virginia homeschool law?

Our freedom depends on knowing our rights and responsibilities! How well do you understand your rights as a homeschooler?  

Take this quiz challenge from Home Educators Association of Virginia.

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* 1. Parents must receive permission or approval from their local public school district before they can provide home instruction; enroll in a private, denominational, or parochial school; or use a [Certified] Tutor or Teacher of Qualifications.

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* 2. Parents who comply with the home instruction law must submit a Notice of Intent (NOI) to their superintendent.

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* 3. When submitting a Notice of Intent (NOI), parents must provide a description of the curriculum, which is a simple list of subjects the parent intends to teach the child.

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* 4. The law requires parents who file a Notice of Intent (NOI) to send evidence of progress to their superintendent every year by August 1, with some exceptions.

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* 5. If evidence of progress is not provided by the August 1 deadline, the homeschool program may be put on probation for a year.

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* 6. Parents must use district Notice of Intent (NOI) and evidence of progress forms (online or hard copy), if provided, must complete all fields on these forms, and must deliver them in a manner according to their local public school’s preference.

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* 7. Parents who withdraw their children from their local public school must provide them with the reasons they have opted for home instruction; a private, denominational, or parochial school; or the use of a [Certified] Tutor or Teacher of Qualifications.

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* 8. If a child’s composite score on a nationally normed standardized achievement test is below the 4th stanine (23rd percentile), the homeschool program may be put on probation.

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* 9. Parents should keep copies of all documents and correspondence submitted to school officials, including the Notice of Intent (NOI) and evidence of progress provided to the superintendents, along with proof of the dated receipt of the materials.

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* 10. When submitting a Notice of Intent (NOI), parents must provide whatever personal information a local public school district requests, such as their child’s date of birth, social security number, grade level, special needs status, the public school their child would have attended, email address, phone number, etc.

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* 11. Parents must provide their child’s private medical or immunization records along with their Notice of Intent (NOI) as part of the requirement to homeschool in Virginia.

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* 12. A local public school district can hold a child in public school until it has received all required evidentiary documentation, processed a Notice of Intent (NOI) to provide home instruction, and issued an approval letter.

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* 13. When providing evidence of progress for a nationally normed, standardized achievement test, parents must submit sub-test scores in addition to the composite score.

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* 14. Homeschool curriculum must align with Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs).

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* 15. Parents must provide their Notice of Intent (NOI) to their public school principal or counselor.

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* 16. Parents must submit to their superintendent proof of their child's completion of their homeschool high school program in order to receive permission to graduate their child.

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* 17. A parent who has a Virginia teaching license and files a Notice of Intent (NOI) under option (ii) is required to comply with the evidence of progress requirement in the home instruction law.

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* 18. For option (i) on the Notice of Intent (NOI) form, a copy of a parent’s transcript can be used in place of a high school diploma or college degree.

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* 19. Home-instructed students can take AP, PSAT, and PreACT examinations through their local public school.

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* 20. Qualified homeschoolers can participate in JROTC through their local public school.

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* 21. Virginia’s religious exemption law is unrelated to the home instruction law.

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* 22. A public school district can share with a different public school district, information parents provide to satisfy the home-instruction and religious exemption laws.

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* 23. Virginia law prohibits homeschooled students from access and participation in public school sports programs.

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