Fairfax County PS - does anyone know the procedure to take a child out of school to homeschool middl
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Anonymous
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e year to begin homeschooling with a tutor? Tutor is a licensed teacher in MD, we live in VA.
Child is currently in K and I am planning on taking her out next month. This will last only the rest of the school year and child will go back to school once 1st grade starts in September 2016. Does anyone know if my child will have to undergo any tests? If so, what type of tests? Tia! |
Anonymous
| K is actually not required in VA and many kids to private K so I don't think you have to worry about first grade? |
Anonymous
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Here's the information for FCPS: http://www.fcps.edu/dss/osp/StudentRegistration/homeinstruction/
If you live in VA and your child is five, they are required to attend school. I think this is the correct statute: Section 22.1-254 of the Code (the compulsory attendance law) provides: Except as otherwise provided in this article, every parent, guardian, or other person in the Commonwealth having control or charge of any child who will have reached the fifth birthday on or before September 30 of any school year and who has not passed the eighteenth birthday shall, during the period of each year the public schools are in session and for the same number of days and hours per day as the public schools, send such child to a public school or to a private, denominational, or parochial school or have such child taught by a tutor or teacher of qualifications prescribed by the Board of Education and approved by the division superintendent, or provide for home instruction of such child as described in § 22.1-254.1…. |
Anonymous
Are you moving? Why would you take a child out for half a year and then put them back in the next? |
Anonymous
| Just tell the main office. They'll give you the forms you need to complete. Easy peasy. |
Anonymous
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Be careful. In many states you cannot homeschool using a tutor. If your child is required to be in school due to their age and you choose to homeschool, you cannot hire someone to teach for you. You are required to have the parent teach.
I believe that is the case in VA. |
Anonymous
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OP, see: http://www.fcps.edu/dss/osp/StudentRegistration/homeinstruction/
It has forms and contact information. You can just email them or mail them in. You can legally hire a tutor for your child in the state of Virginia. See: [url]http://vahomeschoolers.org/guide/approved-tutor/ [/url] Good luck, OP! |
Anonymous
How would they know, if it's a parent or tutor? |
Anonymous
Yes. |
Anonymous
It is not the case in VA. With a licensed teacher it is actually easier. |
Anonymous
Thanks! |