What Ontario actually asks of a family teaching their own children. Written plainly, and honest where the answer is that nobody asks for anything.
CanadaFiling requiredWho is in charge
District school board (the board in whose jurisdiction the child last attended school). Ministry policy is PPM 131.
Who actually reviews your child
The school board (administratively). PPM 131 states boards should NORMALLY not investigate. Escalation is to the Provincial School Attendance Counsellor under Education Act s.24(2).
Initial: on deciding to home school. Continuing: in writing each year PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 1.
Goes to: The district school board
Letter must state each child's name, gender and date of birth, plus the home telephone number and address, and be signed by the parent(s).
Education plan, progress report, portfolio, test scores
Not required. Only if the board has reasonable grounds to SUSPECT the child is not receiving satisfactory instruction may it investigate, and then it may ask the parent to meet or supply written information about curriculum, instructional schedule, mater
The Ontario Curriculum (Ministry of Education / dcp.edu.gov.on.ca)
Overall Expectation · Specific Expectation · Strand · Achievement Chart
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 Ontario and builds the record you can hand over the day someone asks. See how it works.