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Department Home Page
Virginia
Standards of Learning (SOL's)
Graduation Information
Homeschool Specific Information
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Below is brief summary of the
homeschooling law in Virginia.
Compulsory School Age
"have reached the fifth birthday on
or before... September 30...and who
has not passed the eighteenth
birthday; 5 year-olds can be excused
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Virginia Legal Home
Schooling Options: 1
2 3
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Option: 1
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Option: 2
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Option: 3
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Legal Option:
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Operate a
home school
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Operate a
home school under the
religious exemption statute
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Use a private
tutor
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Attendance:
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None
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None
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None
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Subjects:
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None
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None
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None
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Qualifications:
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Either: 1)
possess a high school
diploma, or 2) be a
certified teacher, or 3) use
an approved correspondence
course, or 4) submit
evidence parent can teach or
5) submit a curriculum that
includes state objectives
for language arts and math
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None
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Teacher
certification
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Notice:
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File an
annual notice of intent with
local Superintendent by
August 15; if starting or
moving into the state after
school year has begun, file
notice as soon as
practicable and comply with
applicable requirements
within 30 days of such
notice
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File request
to acknowledge religious
exemption with the local
school board chairman
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Send letter
to local superintendent
asking him to recognize that
parent (tutor) has the
qualifications prescribed by
the state Board of Education
(i.e. teacher certificate)
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Recordkeeping:
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None
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None
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None
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Testing:
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Administer a
standardized test or have
child otherwise evaluated
every year (for those six
years or older on September
30 of the school year);
submit results to local
superintendent by August 1
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None
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None
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© 2007,
HSLDA
NOTE: This summary is not intended to be, and does not constitute, the
giving of legal advice. Many states have unclear compulsory attendance
statutes, and the courts of those states vary in their interpretation of
the statutes. Therefore, there is no guarantee any state will accept all
of the options for compliance listed under each state. This summary is
not intended to be a substitute for individual reliance on privately
retained legal counsel such as that provided by
Home School Legal Defense Association. |
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