Tool Search: Home School
The Home School tool allows users to record and track students whose families have chosen home education. In North Dakota, home education is defined as a program of education supervised by a child's legal guardian. The legal guardian is responsible for selecting materials, determining an educational philosophy, and overseeing the method, manner, and delivery of instruction.
- If a student is home-schooled, they must be enrolled in their residential district and assigned a home-school program. FTE on the enrollment should be left blank.
- If the student is taking any courses through the public school, they should be enrolled in the corresponding school calendar with the homeschool start status, and an FTE should be filled out. The "district" school enrollment should be end-dated when this occurs.
Home School Program Information EditorSee the State Programs Tool Rights article for information about tool rights needed to use this and other State Programs tools.
Use the Federal/State Program Updater to import existing Home School student records or update records for multiple students.
Add/Modify a Home School Record
- Click the New button. The Program Information editor displays.
- Enter the applicable information for the student.
- Click the Save icon when finished.
- Click Print to display a PDF view of the student's Home School records.
- Modify existing Home School records by clicking anywhere in the appropriate record row and making the necessary adjustments. Save when finished.
- End a record by clicking anywhere in the appropriate record row and add an End Date. Click Save when finished.
Program Information Field Descriptions
| Field | Description | Location |
| Start Date (Required) |
Start date for the record. | Ad Hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > Home School > Home School > startDate Database Location: homeSchool.startDate |
| End Date | End date for the record. | Ad Hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > Home School > Home School > endDate Database Location: homeSchool.endDate |
| Program Days |
Number of days a student has been enrolled in a Home School program. | Ad Hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > Home School > Home School > programDays Database Location: homeSchool.programDays |
| Parent Qualification | Qualification of the parent/legal guardian in a homeschool environment.
| Ad Hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > Home School > Home School > qualification Database Location: homeSchool. qualification |
| Monitoring | Indicates the monitoring that was provided.
| Ad Hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > Home School > Home School > monitoring Database Location: homeSchool.monitoring |
| Testing Type | Indicates how the test was administered.
| Ad Hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > Home School > Home School >testingType Database Location: homeSchool.testingType |
| Test Name | Name of the test used in the Home School setting. | Ad Hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > Home School > Home School >testName Database Location: homeSchool.testName |
| Score | The student's test score. | Ad Hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > Home School > Home School > score Database Location: homeSchool.score |
| Other Test Name | Name of the test used in the Home School setting. | Ad Hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > Home School > Home School >otherTest Database Location: homeSchool.otherTest |
| Test Exemption | Indicates if the student was exempt from taking the test. | Ad Hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > Home School > Home School > exempt Database Location: homeSchool.exempt |
| Comments | Additional information about the Home School record. | Ad Hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > Home School > Home School >comments Database Location: homeSchool.comments |
District Defined Elements
District-specific data elements are established using the HomeSchool attribute (screen location) in the Custom Attribute/Dictionary tool.
- Fields do not display in the Home School Editor. Users must select the record to see this detail.
- The header for this section will not be displayed until district-defined elements are added.
