Minnesota homeschool checklist for this year

Things to do, with their deadlines

• By October 1 of the first school year after your child turns 7

  Send the superintendent of your district the first report.

  Source: Minnesota Statutes 120A.24 Reporting (Revisor of Statutes)
• Each year

  Give the nationally norm-referenced achievement test you and the superintendent agreed on, and keep the results.

  Source: Minnesota Statutes 120A.22 Compulsory instruction (Revisor of Statutes)

Need the letter? Fill in the Minnesota letter of intent and print it.

All year

• All year

  Teach the subjects Minnesota names: reading and writing, literature, fine arts, mathematics, science, social studies (history, geography, economics, government, citizenship), health, physical education.

  Source: Minnesota Statutes 120A.22 Compulsory instruction (Revisor of Statutes)
• All year

  Keep documentation that the required subjects are being taught and proof the yearly tests were given. It must include class schedules, copies of materials used for instruction and descriptions of how achievement is assessed, plus test scores. It must be available to the county attorney if a case begins, and given to a public school the child later enrolls in.

  Source: Minnesota Statutes 120A.24 Reporting (Revisor of Statutes)

Good habits (not in the law)

• Keep a copy of everything you send, and of any acknowledgement you get back, with the date.

• Start simple records on day one: the days you teach, the books you read and a few samples of work in each subject. They help if you move, return to school or apply to college.