North Carolina homeschool laws

File one Notice of Intent per home school (not per child) with the Division of Non-Public Education (DNPE) at least five business days before you begin. Filing opens July 1; DNPE does not accept notices in May or June. Do not withdraw your child from their current school or start homeschooling until DNPE acknowledges receipt. The person providing instruction must hold at least a high school diploma or equivalent. Parents must operate on a regular schedule for nine calendar months and administer an annual nationally standardized test. No notice is needed if your child is under 7 and will not turn 7 that school year, or if your student is 18 or older.

Expect a one-time or yearly notice. Some states in this group also ask for testing or records; see below.

No fixed yearly filing date is listed for North Carolina. The summary above explains when, or whether, a notice is due.

Our summary does not list specific subjects that North Carolina law names. Check the official sources below.

Our summary does not list a specific hour or day count for North Carolina.

Parents must operate on a regular schedule for nine calendar months and administer an annual nationally standardized test.

• Annual attendance records for each student.
• Immunization records for each student.
• Annual standardized test results, kept for at least one year and shown to DNPE on request.
• Keep these records at your home school site.

Not yet. HomeStudyPath does not have a pre-filled filing draft for North Carolina, but it can still remind you of any deadlines listed above.

• North Carolina state education agency (opens in a new tab)

Independent summary: HSLDA's North Carolina page (opens in a new tab)