Nebraska homeschool requirements

Homeschooling is legal in Nebraska, but families generally do it by operating an exempt private school in the home and filing the required forms.

Medium: Nebraska treats a homeschool as a private, denominational, or parochial school that elects not to meet state accreditation or approval requirements. Based on the raw sources reviewed here, families typically submit exempt-school paperwork to the Nebraska Department of Education, provide proof of the child's identity and age when first homeschooling, file annual assurance and parent-representative forms, report attendance, and provide a sequential program of instruction in language arts, math, science, social studies, and health.

The exact compulsory attendance age range was not clearly stated in the raw excerpts reviewed for this draft.

Yes. Families using Nebraska's exempt-school homeschool route file paperwork when they begin and renew it each year. Notify: The Nebraska Commissioner of Education or Nebraska Department of Education through the exempt-school filing process.. Deadline: Promptly when you begin homeschooling and by July 15 each year thereafter, according to the HSLDA summary in the raw sources.

Language arts, Mathematics, Science, Social studies, Health

The raw sources reviewed here do not give a simple statewide homeschool hour minimum. The statute excerpt says exempt schools must report attendance under section 79-201 and maintain a sequential instructional program.

The raw sources reviewed here do not describe a routine statewide testing requirement for Nebraska exempt-school homeschoolers. Frequency: Not clearly described in the raw sources reviewed here.

Keep copies of your filed forms, the child's birth certificate or other accepted identity-and-age proof, attendance records, course plans, and samples of student work. The statute excerpt also says exempt schools must report attendance, and good high school records are important later.

Nebraska does not require a specific teaching certificate for exempt-school instructors in the raw sources reviewed here. The parent, legal guardian, or educational decisionmaker must be satisfied that the people monitoring instruction are qualified in the required basic skills.

Moderate. Families appear to have real day-to-day flexibility, but the exempt school must provide a sequential program aimed at basic skills in language arts, math, science, social studies, and health.