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Arkansas Homeschool Laws

Overview

  • Students between the ages 6 through 16.
  • Parents or guardians desiring to provide a home school for their children must give written notice at the beginning of each school year, but no later than August 15 (or by December 15 for parents who decide to start homeschooling at the beginning of the spring semester), to the superintendent of their local school district of their intent to provide a home school for their children.
  • Parents must file a notice of intent to home school & sign a waiver at the beginning of each year, even when enrolled in umbrella schools.
  • The first time a parent submits the notice to the local superintendent, he or she must do so in person.
  • The notice must include the name, date of birth, grade level, and name and address of the school last attended. If any, of each student involved; the location of the home school; the basic core curriculum to be offered; the proposed schedule of instruction; and the qualifications of the parent-teacher. 
  • Homeschooled students are required to participate in either state testing or state-approved alternative testing procedures.
  • The parent or guardian may request an alternative testing procedure to be approved by the director of the education services cooperative, but any cost associated with the alternative testing procedure is at the expense of the parent or guardian.
  • Parents must also sign a waiver acknowledging that the state of Arkansas is not liable for the education of their children during the time that the parents choose to homeschool them.
  • Each homeschool student who is considered to be at grade level, or no more than two years beyond the normal age for the appropriate grade for which the state mandates norm-referenced tests for public school students, shall be tested using a nationally recognized norm-referenced achievement test selected by the State Board of Education.
  • Test results for homeschooled students will be used for reporting purposes only. 

Arkansas Department of Education
Four State Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR 72201-1071
(501)682-4475 
Home Schooling: 501-682-1874

https://www2.ed.gov/  

http://ArkansasEd.org

Statewide Homeschool Groups

https://arkansashomeschool.org/   

Conferences:

https://www.teachthemdiligently.net  

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