North Dakota Homeschool Deadlines & Calendar

Initial filing deadline

at least 5 days before the child begins home education, or within 14 days of establishing residence in a school district

Annual renewal deadline

at least 5 days before the child begins home education, or within 14 days of establishing residence in a school district

Send to

superintendent of the local public school district

NDCC 15.1-23-02

Varies by pathway. Standard Home Education (HS Diploma/GED): []; Monitored Home Education (No Diploma/GED): undefined

• Testing is not required if, when filing the statement of intent, the parent notifies the school district of a philosophical, moral, or religious objection to standardized achievement tests, or documents that the parent is licensed or approved to teach by the education standards and practices board, holds a baccalaureate degree, or has met the cutoff score of a national teacher examination (NDCC 15.1-23-09(2)).

Frequency

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At grades

4, 6, 8, 10

Submit to

superintendent of the school district of residence (or the county superintendent if the district does not employ a superintendent)

See our full assessment guide for North Dakota for accepted test types and scoring details.

NDCC 15.1-23-09; NDCC 15.1-23-10; NDCC 15.1-23-11

Varies by pathway. Standard Home Education (HS Diploma/GED): null; Monitored Home Education (No Diploma/GED): "school district superintendent (or the county superintendent if the district does not employ one), reported by the monitor"

Annual renewal

Required each year

NDCC 15.1-23-02

These deadlines are for Standard Home Education (HS Diploma/GED). North Dakota offers 2 pathways, and each may have different deadlines:

• •
  Standard Home Education (HS Diploma/GED)(this page): For parents with a high school diploma or GED (NDCC 15.1-23-03). You file a statement of intent with your superintendent and teach at home with no monitoring. Provide at least 4 hours of instruction a day for at least 175 days, teach the required subjects, and have your child take a standardized achievement test at grades 4, 6, 8, and 10. Testing does not apply if you notify your district of a philosophical, moral, or religious objection to standardized tests, or if you are licensed or approved to teach, hold a bachelor's degree, or passed a national teacher examination (NDCC 15.1-23-09(2)).
• •
  Monitored Home Education (No Diploma/GED): For parents without a high school diploma or GED. You file a statement of intent with your superintendent and teach at home while a licensed or approved teacher monitors your program for the first two years (NDCC 15.1-23-06). The school district assigns and pays the monitor unless you notify the district that you will select and pay for one yourself. For one child, the monitor spends an average of one hour per week in contact with your child and you, and reports your child's progress to the superintendent twice each school year (NDCC 15.1-23-07). Same subject, instructional time, and testing requirements as the standard pathway. If your child scores below the 50th percentile composite, monitoring continues for at least one more school year and until the child scores at or above the 50th percentile.

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