What Louisiana 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
Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), via the Louisiana Department of Education
Who actually reviews your child
BESE, through LDOE staff, on an approval decision each year.
Within 15 days after the program commences
Goes to: BESE / Louisiana Department of Education
Must be accompanied by a certified copy of the child's birth certificate.
By 1 OCTOBER of the school year, or within twelve months of approval of the initial application, whichever is later
Goes to: BESE / LDOE
With the renewal
Goes to: SUBMITTED to BESE
Any one of: satisfactory scores on a standardized test approved by the board; evidence of progress at a rate of one grade level per year; a complete outline of subjects taught WITH student work samples (roughly one to two pages of completed work per core subject); or results of the state competency-based examination.
State testing
Not required. State testing is not required of BESE-approved home study programs.
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 Louisiana and builds the record you can hand over the day someone asks. See how it works.