What Iowa 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
Resident school district (Competent Private Instruction); no filing at all for Independent Private Instruction
Who actually reviews your child
The district receives Form A. Under Independent Private Instruction there is no reviewer at all.
By 1 September, or within 14 days of commencing CPI
Goes to: Resident school district
Includes an outline of the courses of study, the subjects covered, lesson plans and time spent on each course. Required only for the CPI routes.
Independent Private Instruction information
Not required. IPI families file nothing routinely; on request they name the primary instructor, the responsible authority and location, and the enrolled students.
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 Iowa and builds the record you can hand over the day someone asks. See how it works.