Annual notification of intent to educate children at home shall be provided by parents to the Superintendent by August 15 prior to the opening of school.  Please complete this form if you intend to provide your child with home instruction. 

Such notification shall include evidence of meeting one of the four legal requirements for providing home instruction: 

(1) holding a high school diploma (or higher educational degree);

(2) being a teacher with qualifications prescribed by the State Board of Education;

(3) providing a program of study or curriculum which may be delivered through a correspondence course or distance learning program or in any other manner; or

(4) providing evidence that the parent is able to provide an adequate education for the child.

If, in lieu of home instruction, you choose to enroll your student in a private online academy, please complete this form.

Resources:

• Policy 750 - Home Instruction
• Private Schools and Home Schooling (VDOE)
• § 22.1-254.1. Declaration of policy; requirements for home instruction of children (Code of Virginia)