Rhode Island homeschool laws
How to homeschool in Rhode Island
Submit a notice of intent to your district's school committee. It assures that you will teach as many days as public schools, cover the required subjects, and keep an attendance register. The committee approves it, usually every year, under a local policy that may add forms or meetings. A denial can be appealed to the state education department.
- Requirements:
- Detailed requirements
- How you file:
- Letter
- Law:
- R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 16-19-1, 16-19-2
- More:
- HSLDA Rhode Island
Rhode Island homeschool requirements
- Who can teach
- Any parent. No diploma or certificate required.
- Days and hours
- The same number of days as public school, 180.
- Subjects
- Reading, writing, geography, arithmetic, health, physical education, U.S. history, Rhode Island history and the principles of American government, in English.
- Testing
- No state testing. The committee may set an assessment, accommodating your preferred method.
- Records
- An attendance register, available to the committee at year end.
Rhode Island homeschool forms and letters, filled out
The notice of intent, renewals, reports and letters Rhode Island asks for, in the state's own form where one exists.
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Where it goes
Send the notice and home instruction plan to the school committee of your town, starting with the superintendent's office, for approval before starting. Return the attendance register at year end.