Please Mail Or Drop Off This Completed Information Packet To

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Home School Program

Notification Form

Please mail or drop off this completed information packet to:

Roxann P. Booth, Director of Pupil Personnel

Gallatin County Public Schools

75 Boardwalk

Warsaw, Kentucky 41095

Dear Home School Teachers and Parents,

We want to welcome you back to another great school year and are reaching out to you as a previous home school to offer our assistance with the 2015-2016 school year. This year Gallatin County will start school on August 13, therefore your notification of intent to home school is due on or before August 27, 2015.

Gallatin County Schools recognizes and supports every parent/guardians right to choose the best educational setting that meets the academic, social and emotional needs of their children. We are committed to working side by side with the home schools in the county to provide information about and any assistance they may need to become knowledgeable about what requirements, legal and otherwise, pertinent to establishment and daily operation of a home school.

The majority of the questions on the following form are taken from the “Home School Information Packet and Best Practice Document that was prepared by the Christian Home Educators of Kentucky, the Kentucky Home Education Association and the Kentucky Directors of Pupil Personnel.

Please complete the portions of the form you are comfortable with. The minimum information you need to provide is located in question 1. The remainder of the form is provided as a guide to help you ensure you are meeting the legal requirements found in Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS). The appropriate KRS are included for your reference only.

If you have any questions or need assistance please contact Ms. Roxann Booth, DPP and she will be glad to assist you.

Travis Huber, Superintendent

Gallatin County Schools

KRS159.160: Attendance reports to superintendent.

The principal or teacher in charge of any public, private, or parochial school shall report to the superintendent of schools of the district in which the school is situated the names, ages, and places of residence of all pupils in attendance at his school, together with any other facts that the superintendent may require to facilitate carrying out the laws relating to compulsory attendance and employment of children. The reports shall be made within two (2) weeks of the beginning of each school year.

Effective: July 13, 1990

History: Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. IV, sec. 221, effective July 13, 1990. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4434-15.

1. Name of the Home School ______

Full Name of Student / Address/Place of Residence / Age

1. School Contact should we have questions

Home School Director ______

Address______

City______State______Zip Code______

Phone Number______

To be completed by Central Office:

Date Report Received to Superintendent/DPP/Designee at Board of Education: ______

KRS 158.080: Teach those subjects that will educate children to be intelligent citizens

Requires that instruction be offered in English and in the branches of study that are taught in public schools as found in the Program of Studies KRS 156.160 and (704 KAR 3.303). This is interpreted to at least include reading, writing, spelling, grammar, history, mathematics and civics.

It is suggested that the person responsible for instruction keep a portfolio that contains samples of the best work done by each child in several areas of study and maintain the portfolio year after year. This may be of assistance in documenting the existence of the home school or the transfer of the child to another educational setting. A record of courses taken and grades received is also necessary.

1. Curriculum and Instruction

Instruction in English?YESNO

Branches of Study:Reading?YESNO

Writing?YESNO

Spelling?YESNO

Grammar?YESNO

History?YESNO

Mathematics?YESNO

Civics?YESNO

Instruction documentation:YESNO

How?______

(Example: Portfolio of student’s best work)

Will You Keep Transcript?/ GradeYESNO

KRS 158.070: School term

(d) "Student instructional year" means at least one thousand sixty-two

(1,062) hours of instructional time for students delivered on not less than

one hundred seventy (170) student attendance days

1. School Term

Is the Home School Program term at least 170 days, including at least 1,062 hours of instruction (6 hours per day)?

YESNO

A copy of the Gallatin County District School Calendar is included in this packet and may be used as your home school calendar.

Will you use the GC District calendar for your school?

YES_____ NO_____

If not, how will you document your days?

______

______

KRS 159.040: Keep accurate attendance records of pupil attendance

The attendance records can be kept either in a notebook, on a computer or in another manner but must be readily available in case of an inquiry.

1. Attendance Record Keeping

Attendance records kept?YES NO

How are these records kept?Computer

Notebook

Another manner

Comments:

______

______

______

Your attendance records must be open to inspection by directors of pupil personnel if there is evidence or circumstance to cause concern about compliance with the compulsory education requirements, officials of the Department of Education or the Cabinet for Families and Children;

KRS 159.040 gives the director of pupil personnel the authority in his district to investigate any case of violating the compulsory attendance laws. The purpose for a director of pupil personnel visiting a home school is to ensure that the requirements of compulsory attendance are being met and not to determine the quality of the instruction. This inspection of school records may be conducted in a neutral site rather than in the home.

HB97- As of July 1, 2015, all students under age 18 residing in Kentucky must be enrolled in school.

**THIS SECTIONMAY BE COMPLETED BY THE DPP WHEN THERE IS CIRCUMSTANCE OR EVIDENCE WHICH CAUSES THE LOCAL DISTRICT TO HAVE CONCERN WHETHER OR NOT A BONIFIDE SCHOOL EXISTS.

1. Notification, after the public school year has begun and at any time other than a semester break, by parent/guardian of intent to withdraw their child(ren) from the public school for the purpose of home schooling;
2. Notification by the parent/guardian of intent to home school their child(ren) when disciplinary action (i.e. truancy, expulsion, notification relative to driver’s license, etc.) was being contemplated or had begun;
3. Request from an agency or individual to determine if the child(ren) are in school. Requests from an agency concerned with child welfare. Requests made by a private citizen concerning child welfare.
4. Notification(as required by law) by the parent/guardian of their intent to home school their child(ren) was not received by the public school district within two weeks of the start of the public school calendar.
5. Evidence of a compelling nature which would suggest the inability of the parent or proposed teacher to operate/maintain a bonafide school.

Is there any cause or case of standing that suggests a violation of compulsory attendance laws?

YESNO

Are the requirements of compulsory attendance being met?

YESNO

Inspection of school records conducted:

NEUTRAL SITE:______HOME

Comments:

______

DPP Signature______Date of Visit______

THIS SECTION IS TO BE COMPLETED BY THE DPP IN THE CASE OF STUDENT RE-ENROLLING IN THE GALLATIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

______

Be knowledgeable about the transfer process between the home school and the public schools and understand that this process requires the public school to assign the incoming student to the grade for which he/she is best suited.

KRS 158.140 and 704 KAR 3:307 require the grade placement be carried out either by examination or by student performance.

TRANSFER PROCESS

EXAMINATION

Date: ______

Exam:______

Administered by:______

Results:______

Placement decision:______

STUDENT PERFORMANCE

Date: ______

Performance Item:______

Observed by:______

Results:______

Placement decision:______

Anecdotal Notes/Observations/Comments:

______

DPP Signature______Date______

Approved by Board of Education 02/10/2015

Gallatin County Schools

2015-2016 School Calendar

August 10Staff Professional Development (Mandatory)

August 12Opening Day for Teachers/Staff

August 13First Day for Students

September 7**Holiday #1 Labor Day

October 5-9Fall Break

November 2No School

November 3Staff Professional Development (Flexible)

November 25-27Thanksgiving Break **Nov. 26 Holiday #2 Thanksgiving

Dec. 21-Jan 1Winter Break **December 25 Holiday #3 Christmas, students return Jan 4 (12/21 & 12/22 will be makeup days if snow days before break)

January 18No School - Holiday #4 Martin Luther King Jr. Day; no school for students by law (KRS 158.070)

February 15President’s Day Staff Professional Development (Flexible)

March 18Staff Professional Development (Flexible)

April 4-April 8No School – Spring Break

May 17No School (Election Day)

May 25Last Day Students (**Pending make-up days)

May 26Closing Day for Teachers/Staff (**Pending make-up days)

Potential make-up days: Dec. 21, 22 (if needed) May 26, 27, 31, June 1,2,3,6,7,8,9,10

**Please schedule vacations around fall, winter, spring, and summer break and potential make-up days. Vacation requests during the school year may not be approved and excused depending on a number of variables.