North Dakota homeschool laws

File a Statement of Intent with the superintendent of your child's school district of residence (or the county superintendent if the district has none) at least five days before you begin home education, or within 14 days of establishing residence in a district, and then once each year. Include a copy of your child's immunization record and proof of identity, details of your qualifications, and any standardized-test exemption documentation. A parent with a high school diploma or GED may supervise home education; a parent without either may still teach but must be monitored by a teacher licensed or approved by the state Education Standards and Practices Board for the first two years, longer if a child's basic composite test score is below the 50th percentile nationally. Provide instruction in the subjects public schools must teach for at least four hours each day, for at least 175 days each school year. Each child takes a standardized achievement test in grades 4, 6, 8 and 10, either the test your school district uses or, if you ask, a nationally normed test, given by a licensed or approved teacher, and you file the results with your district superintendent. You may skip the test if you hold a teaching license or approval, hold a bachelor's degree, met the cutoff on a national teacher exam, or have a philosophical, moral or religious objection to standardized tests, and you file that notice with your Statement of Intent. If a child's basic composite score is below the 30th percentile, the district's team assesses the child for a possible learning problem; if no disability is found and you keep homeschooling, you file a remediation plan, prepared with the advice and consent of a licensed or approved teacher, with the district.

Expect a notice plus some form of evaluation, such as a portfolio review or a standardized test.

Note: In elementary and middle grades, social studies includes the U.S. Constitution, U.S. history, geography and government, with North Dakota studies in grades 4 and 8; science includes agriculture; and health includes the effects of alcohol, tobacco and narcotics. High school courses follow the state's high school unit requirements.

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

• English language arts
• Mathematics
• Social studies
• Science
• Physical education
• Health
• Computer science including cybersecurity

Provide instruction in the subjects public schools must teach for at least four hours each day, for at least 175 days each school year.

Include a copy of your child's immunization record and proof of identity, details of your qualifications, and any standardized-test exemption documentation.

A parent with a high school diploma or GED may supervise home education; a parent without either may still teach but must be monitored by a teacher licensed or approved by the state Education Standards and Practices Board for the first two years, longer if a child's basic composite test score is below the 50th percentile nationally.

Each child takes a standardized achievement test in grades 4, 6, 8 and 10, either the test your school district uses or, if you ask, a nationally normed test, given by a licensed or approved teacher, and you file the results with your district superintendent.

You may skip the test if you hold a teaching license or approval, hold a bachelor's degree, met the cutoff on a national teacher exam, or have a philosophical, moral or religious objection to standardized tests, and you file that notice with your Statement of Intent.

• An annual record of the courses your child takes and their academic progress assessments, including standardized test results.
• If your child transfers to a public school, give the record to the district on request.

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

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

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