NYS Homeschooling Regulations & Reporting Examples
OMG! All that Paperwork!!
The number one concern of most new homeschoolers (or homeschoolers new to New York State)? Reporting requirements!
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While the requirements can appear overwhelming at first glance, once you've gone through a full cycle of reporting, it becomes quite routine.
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To the left, you will find links to both the NYS home instruction regulations (Part 100.10), as well as the Education Department's Home Instruction Q & A, which clarifies the regulations.
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NYS Reporting Requirements can be summed up in the following steps:
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Submit a Letter of Intent to the Superintendent of your school district when you begin homeschooling. You will need to submit a letter each year that you homeschool for each child.
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Submit an Individual Home Instruction Plan (IHIP) for each child.
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Submit four quarterly reports (you will choose the dates to submit them on your IHIP) in a timely manner.
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Submit an annual assessment; in the lower grades, this can be either the composite score of an accepted standardized test, or an alternative narrative assessment. In grades 4-8, the alternative narrative assessment may be used every other year; in grades 9-12, standardized testing is mandatory annually.
