Policy 630-R Home Schooling Regulations

A. Conditions
The person in charge of a home school and the school district must provide instruction and meet the requirements as specified by Minnesota statute.

B. Immunization
The parent of a home-schooled child shall submit statements as required by Minnesota statute to the Superintendent of the school district in which the child resides by October 1 of each school year.

C. Textbooks, Instructional Material, Standard Tests
Upon formal request as required by law, the school district will provide textbooks, individualized instructional materials and standardized tests and loan or provide them for use by a home-schooled child as provided in Minnesota statute. The school district is not required to expend any amount for this purpose that exceeds the amount it receives pursuant to Minnesota statute. If curriculum has both physical and electronic components, the school district will, at the request of the student or the student’s parent or guardian, make the electronic component accessible to a resident student provided that the school district does not incur more than an incidental cost as a result of providing access electronically.

D. Pupil Support Services
Upon formal request as required by law, the school district will provide pupil support services in the form of health services and counseling and guidance services to a home-schooled child as provided by Minnesota statue. The school district is not required to expend an amount for any of these purposes that exceed the amount it receives pursuant to Minnesota statute for any of these purposes.

E. Extracurricular Activities
By Minnesota statute resident pupils who receive instruction in a home school (where five or fewer students receive instruction) may fully participate in extracurricular activities of the school district on the same basis as other public school students.

F. Shared Time
Enrollment in class offerings of the school district:

1. A home-schooled child who is a resident of the school district may enroll in classes in the school district as a shared time pupil on the same basis as other nonpublic school students. The provisions of this policy shall not be determinative of whether the school district allows the enrollment of any pupils on a shared-time basis.

2. The school district may limit enrollment of shared-time pupils in such classes based on the capacity of a program, class, grade level, or school building. The school board and administration retain sole discretion and control over scheduling of all classes and assignment of shared time pupils to classes.

• Adopted: May 14, 2207
• Amended: August 11, 2014
• Last Reviewed: March 12, 2018

• Policy 630 - Home Schooling