Title 15.1 — Elementary and Secondary Education

In this chapter: 1. "Home education" means a program of education supervised by a child's parent in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. 2. "Parent" includes a child's legal guardian. 3. "Supervise" means the selection of materials, determination of an educational ph…

At least five days before beginning home education or within fourteen days of establishing a child's residence in a school district, and once each year thereafter, a parent intending to supervise or supervising home education shall file a statement, reflecting that intent or fact…

A parent may supervise home education if the parent: 1. Holds a high school diploma or a general educational development diploma; or 2. Meets the requirements of section 15.1-23-06.

A parent supervising home education shall include instruction in those subjects required by law to be taught to public school students. The instruction must have a duration of at least four hours each day for a minimum of one hundred seventy-five days each year.

A parent supervising home education shall maintain an annual record of courses taken by the child and the child's academic progress assessments, including any standardized achievement test results. If the child transfers to a public school district, the parent shall furnish the r…

A parent who does not meet the qualifications provided in section 15.1-23-03 may supervise home education but must be monitored in accordance with section 15.1-23-07 for the first two years. If a child receiving home education obtains a basic composite standardized achievement te…

An individual who in accordance with this chapter administers a standardized achievement test to a child receiving home education shall notify the child's school district of residence.

1. a. While in grades four, six, eight, and ten, each child receiving home education shall take: (1) A standardized achievement test used by the school district in which the child resides; or (2) A nationally normed standardized achievement test if requested by the child's parent…

1. If a child receiving home education takes the standardized achievement test used by the school district in which the child resides, the school district is responsible for the cost of the test and for the cost of administering the test. The school district shall ensure that the…

1. A parent supervising home education shall file the results of the child's standardized achievement test with the superintendent of the district in which the child resides or with the county superintendent if the district does not employ a superintendent. 2. If the child's basi…

The superintendent of the school district shall use the remediation plan required by section 15.1-23-11 as the basis for determining reasonable academic progress. The remediation plan must remain in effect until such time as the child achieves on a standardized achievement test a…

1. a. If a multidisciplinary assessment team, using eligibility criteria established by the superintendent of public instruction, determines that the child is disabled, that the child requires specially designed instruction due to the disability, and that this instruction cannot …

A parent may supervise home education for a child with a developmental disability if: 1. The child has been determined to have a developmental disability by a licensed psychologist; 2. The child's parent is qualified to supervise home education under this chapter; and 3. The chil…

1. A child receiving home education may participate in extracurricular activities either: a. Under the auspices of the child's school district of residence; or b. Under the auspices of an approved nonpublic school, if permitted by the administrator of the school. 2. For purposes …

1. A child's school district of residence, an approved nonpublic high school, or the center for distance education may issue a high school diploma to a child who, through home education, has met the issuing entity's requirements for high school graduation provided the child's par…

No state agency, school district, or county superintendent may be held liable for accepting as correct the information on the statement of intent or for any damages resulting from a parent's failure to educate the child.

For purposes of allocating state aid to school districts, a child receiving home education is included in a school district's determination of average daily membership only for those days or portions of days that the child attends a public school.