What Hawaii actually asks of a family teaching their own children. Written plainly, and honest where the answer is that nobody asks for anything.
United StatesFiling requiredWho is in charge
Principal of the public school the child would otherwise attend
Who actually reviews your child
The principal of the assigned public school.
Before beginning home schooling
Goes to: The principal of the assigned public school
Child's name, address, telephone, date of birth and grade level, plus the parent's signature. Does not need to be resubmitted once annual progress reports are being filed.
At the end of each school year
Goes to: SUBMITTED to the principal
Four accepted forms: (1) a score at grade level on a nationally normed standardized achievement test; (2) one grade level of progress on such a test over the previous year; (3) a written evaluation by a state-certified teacher showing grade-level achievement or significant annual advancement commensurate with the child's abilities; or (4) a written evaluation by the PARENT describing the child's progress in each subject.
End of those school years
How often: at the end of grades 3, 5, 8 and 10
Goes to: SUBMITTED to the principal
Either the Statewide Testing Program at the local public school, comparable private testing at the parent's expense, or another means of evaluation approved by the principal.
Filing on time is the easy half. The harder half is the year in between: showing what your child actually learned, in words the reviewer recognises, without turning your home into a school.
That is what this app is for. You say what your child did, in a sentence. It maps that to the real curriculum for Hawaii and builds the record you can hand over the day someone asks. See how it works.