Policy 1741 Home Schooled Students

This policy outlines the regulations for home-schooled students in the Great Neck Public Schools district, ensuring their education is substantially equivalent to that offered by the district. It details the requirements for submitting Individual Home Instruction Plans (IHIPs), quarterly reports, and procedures for review and compliance.

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HOME-SCHOOLED STUDENTS Policy 1741

The Board of Education of the Great Neck Public Schools recognized that parents/persons in parental relation to a student have the right to make a determination to instruct their children at home in lieu of enrolling their children in the District. shall provide oversight for students instructed at home in order to confirm that they are taught by a competent instructor and receive an education substantially equivalent to that offered in the Great Neck Public Schools.

Parents/persons in parental relation to a student of compulsory school attendance age shall provide written notice to the Superintendent of Schools or their intention to educate their child(ren) at home by July 1st of each school year. Parents/guardianspersons in parental relation who wish to educate their child(ren)/children at home must submit to the District an Individual Home Instruction Plan (IHIP), outlining the educational goals to be met and the course materials and syllabi to be used each year for the child’s educationstudent’s learning process. The IHIP must include instruction which is taught by a competent instructor and results in an education which is substantially equivalent to the education provided by the District. To adequately evaluate an IHIP and comply with law, parents/persons in parental relation are required to submit proof of residence in the District for the District to evaluate the IHIP. The District may accept or deny an IHIP. Parents/guardians must submit quarterly reports that provide the District with the necessary information to make determinations of substantial equivalency and competency of instruction on an ongoing basis.

Content of the IHIP

In accordance with New York State Law, each child’s IHIP shall contain:

1. The child’s name, age and grade level; 2. A list of syllabi, curriculum materials, textbooks or plan of instruction to be used in each of the required subjects listed in 8 NYCRR § 100.10; 3. The dates for submission to the District of the parents’ quarterly reports that are spaced in even and logical periods as required in 8 NYCRR § 100.10; 4. The names of the individuals providing instruction; and 1.5. A statement that the child will be meeting the compulsory educational requirements of New York State Education Law § 3205 through full-time study at a degree-granting institution, meaning enrollment for at least 12 semester hours in a semester or its equivalent, if that is the case. In this situation, the IHIP shall identify the degree-granting institution and the subjects to be covered by that study.

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Procedures for Development and Review of an IHIP Within ten (10) business days of the receipt of the notice of intention to instruct at home, the Superintendent of Schools or designee shall send to the parents/persons in parental relation to the student a copy of the relevant section of the Regulations of the New York State Commissioner of Education and a form on which to submit the IHIP.

Within four (4) weeks of the receipt of the IHIP, or by August 31st, whichever is later, the parent/person in parental relation shall submit the completed IHIP form to the District. The District shall provide assistance in the preparation of the forms, upon request.

Within ten (10) business days of receipt of the IHIP, the Superintendent of Schools or designee will review the IHIP submitted by the parents/persons in parental relation, determine whether it is sufficient and notify the parents/persons in parental relation that the IHIP complies with the requirements or the IHIP is deficient. In the event the Superintendent of Schools or designee identifies deficiencies in the IHIP, the Superintendent of Schools or designee will give the parents/persons in parental relation written notice of any deficiency. Within fifteen (15) days of a notice of a deficiency in the IHIP, or by September 15th, whichever is later, the parents/persons in parental relation shall submit a revised IHIP which corrects any such deficiencies.

Within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the revised IHIP, or by September 30th, whichever is later, the Superintendent of Schools or designee will review and notify the parents/persons in parental relation as to whether the revised IHIP complies with the requirements. In the event the Superintendent of Schools or designee identifies deficiencies in the IHIP, the Superintendent of Schools or designee will give the parents/persons in parental relation written notice of the reasons for such determination. Such notice shall also contain the date of the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Education that will be held at least ten (10) days after the date of mailing of the notice, and shall indicate that if the parents/persons in parental relation wish to contest the determination of noncompliance, the parents/persons in parental relation must so notify the Board of Education at least three (3) business days prior to such meeting. At such Board of Education meeting, the parents/persons in parental relation shall have the right to present proof of compliance, and the Board of Education shall make a final determination of compliance or noncompliance.

Parents/persons in parental relation shall have the right to appeal the final determination of noncompliance by the Board of Education to the New York State Commissioner of Education within thirty (30) days of receipt of such determination.

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Recurring Reports to the District Parents/persons in parental relation must submit such reports as required by the New York State Commissioner of Education’s regulations which will be provided to the District with the necessary information to make determinations of substantial equivalency and competency of instruction on an ongoing basis.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Students instructed at home by their parents/persons in parental relation are not enrolled in the District and, therefore will not be permitted entitled to participate in extra-curricular activities including, but not limited to, interscholastic or intramural sports, and other school-sponsored activities (e.g. field trips, prom, graduation).are not permitted to participate in District sponsored activities or use District facilities, other than as permitted in accordance with Policy 1500 Public Use of District Facilities.

School District Technology and Instructional Materials Students being home-schooled will not be permitted to loan instructional/library materials or District owned computer technology while being home-schooled. Regent Exams

Students who are home-schooled and reside in the District that wish to take Regents examinations will be permitted to sit for Regents examinations administered in the District. Any home-schooled student wishing to sit for a Regents examination administered in the District must show proper immunization prior to sitting for such examination.

To do so, the student being home-schooled shall contact the Superintendent of Schools or designee with plenty of time in advance of the Regents examination(s) so the District may accommodate the student being home-schooled.

If a Regents examination has a lab requirement, the student may be admitted to the examination if there is evidence that the student has met the lab requirement. The IHIP, quarterly reports and/or verification from the student’s teacher can provide such evidence.

If a student being home-schooled has taken Regents exams at the public school of residence, a request may be made that the District produce, on school letterhead, a lists of the exams taken, the date on which they were taken, and the score the student earned. This list of Regents exam scores can be shared with college admissions personnel.