North Carolina homeschool letters

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North Carolina asks for a notice: At least five business days before you begin. DNPE takes no notices in May or June., to Division of Non-Public Education (DNPE), NC Department of Administration.. Below are that notice, the letter to the school your child is leaving, and the letters for when homeschooling ends or you move.

Checked October 27, 2026. Information, not legal advice: North Carolina's statute and education department are the final word.

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Which letter? Notice of intent to homeschool Letter to the school your child is leaving Letter when homeschooling ends Change of address

To: Division of Non-Public Education (DNPE), NC Department of Administration. · When: At least five business days before you begin. DNPE takes no notices in May or June. · North Carolina has its own form: Notice of Intent (online portal, Division of Non-Public Education). Send that; this letter can go with it as a cover note.

What North Carolina's law asks the notice to give: Before starting, file a Notice of Intent with the state Division of Non-Public Education (DNPE) through its online portal, at least five business days before you begin. It gives the school's name and address, the chief administrator's name, and proof the teacher has a high school diploma or equivalent. File one per home school, not per child. DNPE does not take notices in May or June. Tell DNPE when the school closes. Put each item in the details box, one a line.

Your name Date Starting

Your address (it prints under your name) Children's names, one a line (they print on the letter only) Details the law asks for, one a line

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To: Division of Non-Public Education (DNPE), NC Department of Administration.

Re: Notice of intent to homeschool, North Carolina

I am writing to give notice that I will provide home education for ________________, beginning ________________, under North Carolina's homeschool law.

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Please confirm that you have received this notice. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Signed ______________________________

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Before you send it

Read what to file in North Carolina: the To and By lines there are the ones these letters use, each linked to the law.
Keep a copy, and send it a way you can prove: by hand with a dated receipt, by certified mail, or by email if the office accepts it.
Taking a child out of school mid-year? See the North Carolina checklist for the order of steps.