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Homeschool Information

Homeschool Instruction

A parent or guardian may choose to offer Home School Instruction to their child rather than attending school in a traditional setting. While this is a personal choice for each family, the Churchville-Chili Central School District would like to ensure that families can make an informed choice about this option. Please review the documents below and the homeschool information on the New York State Education Department website. If you wish to begin homeschooling you must submit a signed Letter of Intent to homeschool your child to the Office for Student Services.

Requirements

Families wishing to homeschool their students, who are of compulsory school age, are required by the New York State Education Department to adhere to the NYS Part 100.10 Regulations.

Families are required to submit a yearly plan after receiving acknowledgement of their Letter of Intent to homeschool. This yearly plan is called an "Individualized Home Instruction Plan" or IHIP. IHIP paperwork will be sent home along with the acknowledgement of the Letter of Intent. If you are homeschooling more than one child, you may need to make additional copies.

Families are required to submit Quarterly Progress Reports documenting the student’s progress over the quarter. A Quarterly Progress Report form will be sent home along with the acknowledgement of the Letter of Intent. Please make additional copies as necessary.

Important procedures, dates, and deadlines

  • Letter of Intent must be submitted each school year.

    • Current Home School participant: Submit a Letter of Intent between July 1 and August 15.

    • New to Home School at CCCSD: A Letter of Intent may be submitted any time of the year. 

  • The parent/guardian must provide the District with an Individualized Home Instruction Plan (IHIP). The IHIP must be completed by the parent/guardian for each subject the parent/guardian is required to teach at the child's grade level as described in Part 100.10. The IHIP is due 30 days after the Letter of Intent is submitted.

  • The parent/guardian provides the District with four Quarterly Reports due every 45 days.

  • An Annual Assessment is due by June 30 each school year.

  • Kindergarten – Grade 3 have the option of submitting a narrative assessment each year or taking a national assessment such as the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, the California Achievement Test, the Stanford Achievement Test, the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills, the Metropolitan Achievement Test, a State Education Department Test, or any other test approved by the State Education Department (most can be found on the Internet - families are responsible for the cost of assessment).

  • Grade 4-8 have the option of submitting a narrative assessment or taking a national assessment such as the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, the California Achievement Test, the Stanford Achievement Test, the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills, the Metropolitan Achievement Test (most can be found on the Internet - families are responsible for the cost of assessment), or taking a NYS assessment (can be taken at one of our schools with advanced notice). A narrative assessment can only be submitted every other year.

  • Grade 9-12 must take one of the approved annual assessments and submit the results each year:

    • NYS Regents exams (Please contact the Director of Testing for NYS testing schedule and further instructions)

    • Commercially published norm-referenced achievement tests: the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, the California Achievement Test, the Stanford Achievement Test, the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills, the Metropolitan Achievement Test, or a State Education Department test (most can be found on the Internet - families are responsible for the cost of assessment).

    • Narrative Assessments are not accepted for students in 9th-12th Grades

  • A request for IEP services to continue through homeschooling must be submitted by June 1.

Questions

If you have questions about homeschooling, please contact homeschool@cccsd.org or reach out to:

Nicole Livingston-Neal
Assistant Superintendent for Student Services
(585) 293-1800 ext. 2131

 

Susan DeFrancesco
Data Analyst
(585) 293-1800 ext. 2045