Homeschooling means services provided in the home (or other agreed setting) in accordance with the child's individualized education program (IEP) (8 VAC 20-80-. Washington state law recognizes the desire of some parents and families to seek home instruction for their children. OSPI provides technical assistance to school districts that work with parents who want to exercise this educational right. Parents must complete Form PI-1206 each school year.
See the Home Education Support Program (docx - 1 (docx - 1.85 mb) guidelines for full details before submitting an application. The application period for the Home Education Support Program opens on November 1 of each year and ends on December 31. Regional Disability Coordinators are available to advise on the support available to students with disabilities and health conditions, including eligibility requirements for the Home Education Support Program. Jeremy Stewart is working on a study of families choosing educational alternatives, particularly self-directed learning at home. The Department of Public Instruction does not provide personal consultation or technical assistance with respect to private home-based educational programs.
Each school year, school district administrators are asked to complete the Home-Based Student Annual Report to identify the number of students whose parents or guardians have submitted statements of intent to teach at home for the current school year. If a student has highly specialized needs, the school may request additional funding through the home education support program. The spectrum ranges from highly structured forms based on traditional school lessons to more open and free forms, such as non-schooling, which is an implementation of homeschooling without lessons or curricula. Homeschooling (also known as homeschooling) is an educational process in which parents or guardians teach children at home, rather than formally educating them in a public or proportionate school environment.
A program should implement a research-based curriculum that offers developmentally, linguistically and culturally appropriate home visits and group socialization activities that support children's cognitive, social, and emotional growth for later success in school. Home-based Early Head Start and Head Start programs use a curriculum known as the Creative Curriculum to support a child's socio-emotional development and school readiness. The application period for the Home Education Support Program opens on November 1 of each year and closes on December 31. The Home-based Head Start Program uses a complementary curriculum known as Scholastic Big Day, which helps support a child's school readiness and offers language, literacy, mathematics, cognition, socio-emotional development, and physical development activities. Refer to the Home Education Support Program (docx - 1 (docx - 1.85 MB) guidelines for full details before submitting an application.
A home-based program should provide home visits and group socialization activities that promote safe parent-child relationships and help parents provide high-quality early learning experiences in language, literacy, mathematics, social and emotional functioning, approaches to learning, science, physical skills, and creative arts.
