North Dakota Homeschool Documents & Templates

What to file

detailed plan

Send to

superintendent of the local public school district

Deadline

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

How often

annual

NDCC 15.1-23-02

Submit to

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

Frequency

at_grades

See our full assessment guide for North Dakota for accepted test types, minimum scores, and remediation details.

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

NDCC 15.1-23-02

• ✓Grades or evaluations

Records may be reviewed by the district.

NDCC 15.1-23-05

This page covers Standard Home Education (HS Diploma/GED). North Dakota offers 2 different ways to homeschool, and each may require different documents:

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  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)).
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  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.

Our wizard helps you choose the right one and generates the correct documents. Compare all pathways for North Dakota