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Homeschooling a Child with an IEP in Alaska

What happens to your child's special education services when you homeschool in Alaska, and how to reach the services that remain available.

What happens to your child's services

If your child has an IEP, a district correspondence study program must enroll your child and provide special education under an IEP. If you homeschool independently, the IEP ends, but the school district where you live must make special education and related services available under the federal private school rules, and you may refuse them. Your district must also evaluate your child if a disability is suspected.

Primary source: AS 14.30.340(a); AS 14.30.186; 4 AAC 33.432; 34 CFR 300.111, 300.130-300.148

How to access services while homeschooling

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Correspondence program enrollment

A district that offers a correspondence study program must enroll a special education student on the same basis as any other student and meet all special education requirements, including child find, special education and related services, procedural safeguards and developing the student's IEP.

How to request: Enroll your child in a district correspondence study program.

4 AAC 33.432(a); AS 14.30.186(a)(5)

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Child Find

Alaska must identify, locate and evaluate all children with disabilities living in the state who need special education, including children taught at home.

How to request: Request an evaluation from the school district where you live.

34 CFR 300.111; AS 14.30.340(a)

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Equitable services

If you teach your child at home or enroll your child in a private or religious school, the school district where your child lives must make special education and related services available under the federal private school rules. These rules give no individual right to all the services your child would receive in public school. You may refuse the services.

How to request: Request services from the school district where you live.

AS 14.30.340(a); 34 CFR 300.130-300.148

Before you withdraw

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    Request complete copies of all IEP documents, evaluations, and progress reports before you withdraw.

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    Consider requesting an IEP meeting to discuss the transition. This is optional.

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    Alaska does not require a notice to homeschool on the Independent Home Education pathway.

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    Arrange any private therapies or services your child needs before withdrawal takes effect.

Keep copies of all IEP documents, evaluations, and progress reports. You'll need them if you re-enroll.

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Common questions

What happens to my child's IEP when I start homeschooling in Alaska?
If your child has an IEP, a district correspondence study program must enroll your child and provide special education under an IEP. If you homeschool independently, the IEP ends, but the school district where you live must make special education and related services available under the federal private school rules, and you may refuse them. Your district must also evaluate your child if a disability is suspected.
Can my child still get special education help from the school if we homeschool in Alaska?
Correspondence program enrollment: A district that offers a correspondence study program must enroll a special education student on the same basis as any other student and meet all special education requirements, including child find, special education and related services, procedural safeguards and developing the student's IEP. Child Find: Alaska must identify, locate and evaluate all children with disabilities living in the state who need special education, including children taught at home. Equitable services: If you teach your child at home or enroll your child in a private or religious school, the school district where your child lives must make special education and related services available under the federal private school rules. These rules give no individual right to all the services your child would receive in public school. You may refuse the services.

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Requirements sourced from AS 14.30.010(b)(12). Last reviewed October 2026