(1) Name, address, and telephone number of the child;
(2) Birthdate and grade level of the child; and
(3) Signature of the parent.
(b) The notice of intent shall be acknowledged by the principal and the district superintendent. The notice of intent is for record keeping purposes and to protect families from unfounded accusations of educational neglect or truancy.
(c) If a child's annual progress report has been submitted as stated in §8-12-18(b), notification of intent to home school need not be resubmitted annually, except in cases where the child is transferring from one local public school to another, for example, transition from sixth grade to an intermediate school. Then the parents shall notify the principal of the child's new local public school.
(d) The parent(s) submitting a notice to home school a child shall be responsible for the child's total educational program including athletics and other co-curricular activities. [Eff. 11/7/91; am and comp 5/13/00] (Auth: HRS §§302A-1112, 302A-1132) (Imp: HRS §302A-1132)
§8-12-14 Required statutory services. All educational and related services statutorily mandated shall be made available at the home public school site to home-schooled children who have been evaluated and certified as needing educational and related services and who request the services. [Eff. 11/7/91; comp 5/13/00] (Auth: HRS §§302A-1112, 302A-1132) (Imp: HRS §302A-1132)
§8-12-15 Record of curriculum. The parent submitting a notice of intent to home school shall keep a record of the planned curriculum for the child. The curriculum shall be structured and based on educational objectives as well as the needs of the child, be cumulative and sequential, provide a range of up-to-date knowledge and needed skills, and take into account the interests, needs and abilities of the child.
The record of the planned curriculum should
include the following:
(1) The commencement date and ending date of the program;
(2) A record of the number of hours per week the child spends in instruction;
(3) The subject areas to be covered in the planned curriculum:
(A) An elementary school curriculum may include the areas of language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, art, music, health and physical education to be offered at the appropriate development stage of the child;
B) A
secondary school curriculum may include the subject areas of social
studies, English, mathematics, science, health, physical
education and guidance.(2) A record of the number of hours per week the child spends in instruction;
(3) The subject areas to be covered in the planned curriculum:
(A) An elementary school curriculum may include the areas of language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, art, music, health and physical education to be offered at the appropriate development stage of the child;
(4) The method used to determine mastery of materials and subjects in the curriculum; and
(5) A list of textbooks or other instructional
materials which will be used. The list shall be in standard
bibliographical format. For books, the author, title, publisher and
date of publication shall be indicated. For magazines, the
author, article title, magazine, date, volume number and pages shall
be indicated. §8-12-16 Notification of termination of home schooling. The parent shall notify the principal if home schooling is terminated. A child shall be re-enrolled in the local public school or licensed private school unless a new alternative educational program is presented within five school days after the termination of home schooling.
§8-12-17 Educational neglect. If there is reasonable cause for the principal to believe that there is educational neglect, the department in compliance with §302A-1132, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall intervene and take appropriate action in accordance with established departmental procedures. Reasonable cause for educational neglect shall not be based on the refusal of parents to comply with any requests which exceed the requirements of this chapter. [Eff. 11/7/91; am and comp 5/13/00] (Auth: HRS §§302A-1112, 302A-1132) (Imp: HRS §302A-1132)
§8-12-18 Testing and progress reports of home-schooled children.
(a) Test scores shall be required for grades identified in the Statewide Testing Program, grades three, five, eight, and ten. A child is eligible to participate in the Statewide Testing Program at the local public school. The parent is responsible for securing necessary details from the principal of the local public school. The parent may elect to arrange for private testing at the parent's own expense. The tests used shall be comparable to the appropriate criterion or norm-referenced tests used by the department in the grades concerned. The parent may request and the principal may approve other means of evaluation to meet the Statewide Testing Program requirements.
(b) The parent shall submit to the principal an annual report of a child's progress. One of the following methods shall be used to demonstrate satisfactory progress:
- (1) A score on a nationally-normed standardized
achievement test which demonstrates grade level achievement
appropriate to a child's age;
(2) Progress on a nationally-normed standardized achievement test that is equivalent to one grade level per calendar year, even if the overall achievement falls short of grade level standards; http://www.familylearning.org/ & http://www.baysideschoolservices.com/
(3) A written evaluation by a person certified to teach in the State of Hawaii that a child demonstrates appropriate grade level achievement or significant annual advancement commensurate with a child's abilities; or
- (4) A written evaluation by the parent which shall include:
(A) A description of the child's progress in each subject area included in the child's curriculum
- (B) Representative samples of the child's work; and
(C) Representative tests and assignments including grades for courses if grades are given.
(c) When tests are administered under the Statewide Testing Program for grades three, five, eight, and ten, the parent may choose to have the child participate in the school's testing program and have the results serve as a means of assessing annual progress for that year.
(d) The principal shall review the adequacy of a child's progress. If progress is not adequate, the principal shall meet with the parent to discuss the problems and help establish a plan for improvement. In this case, the principal may request and the parents shall share their record of the child's planned curriculum. When standardized test scores are used,
• There are nine stanines, 1 though 9. Higher scores mean higher stanine numbers.
• The 4th stanine called for in the legislation is approximately the 24th percentile. This means that if the composite score on a standardized test such as the CAT is at the 24th percentile or better, the score is in the 4th stanine or better.
Here is a table for converting stanines to percentiles:
Stanine Percentile range
1 1 - 4
2 5 - 11
3 12 - 23
4 24 - 40
5 41 - 59
6 60 – 76
7 77 - 88
8 89 - 95
9 96 – 99
So, what does this mean for homeschoolers? Many school districts
use the 4th stanine as an indication of “adequate” progress. Note that that statute refers to a composite score, not every score. Thus, if your child scores in the 3rd stanine on one part of a particular
test and the 7th on another part, all hope is not lost. What really matters is the composite score. As long as the composite score is in the 4th stanine or higher (i.e., 24th percentile or higher), it should convince the school district that the progress is adequate.
Unless progress is inadequate for two consecutive semesters, based on a child's scores on a norm-referenced test for that grade level or the written evaluation by a person certified to teach in the State of Hawaii, recommendations to enroll the child in a public or private school or to take legal action for educational neglect shall be prohibited. No recommendations shall be made for a child before the third grade. [Eff. 11/7/91; am and comp 5/13/00] (Auth: HRS §§302A-1112, 302A-1132) (Imp: HRS §302A-1132)
§8-12-19 Instructional personnel of home-schooled children. A parent teaching the parent's child at home shall be deemed a qualified instructor. [Eff. 11/7/91; comp 5/13/00] (Auth: HRS §§302A-1112, 302A-1132) (Imp: HRS §302A-1132) Once upon a time, the parent had to be a college grad to homeschool. Research has proven that parents without degrees get excellent results, too, and now any parent is recognized as able to homeschool.
§8-12-20 Credits. No course credits (Carnegie units) are granted for time spent being home-schooled. [Eff. 11/7/91; comp 5/13/00] (Auth: HRS §§302A-1112, 302A-1132) (Imp: HRS §302A-1132)
§8-12-21 High school diploma for home-schooled children. (a) A home-schooled child who wants to earn a high school diploma from the local public high school shall attend high school for a minimum of three full years and meet the credit requirements for graduation.
(b) A home-schooled child who wants to earn a high school diploma from the community school for adults shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Be at least sixteen years of age, except in the case of emancipated minors;
(2) Have been home-schooled for at least one semester under Hawaii's home-schooling procedures; and
(3) Take and achieve a satisfactory score on the General Educational Development (GED) test.
The diploma shall be awarded by the community school for adults. [Eff. 11/7/91; am and comp 5/13/00] (Auth: HRS §§302A-1112, 302A-1132) (Imp: HRS §302A-1132)§8-12-22
§8-12-22 College entrance examination and home-schooled children. A child who is being home schooled may participate in any college entrance examination which is made available to all other students. The principal of the local public high school shall, upon request, supply written acknowledgement that a child has been home schooled in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.” [Eff. 11/7/91; comp 5/13/00] (Auth: HRS §§302A-1112, 302A-1132) (Imp: HRS §302A-1132)
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