The Clark County School District (CCSD) is asking homeschool parents to sign an additional form about re-enrollment processes. This form is NOT required to homeschool your child. According to Nevada law (NRS 388D.020, Sections 1 and 6), the only requirement is to file the standard Notice of Intent to Homeschool form provided by the Nevada Department of Education. Schools cannot demand extra forms or information.
If you choose to sign the additional form, that’s your decision, but CCSD cannot make it a requirement. We are in discussions with CCSD to address this issue.
What You Need to Know (NRS 388D.020 Summary): Nevada law protects your right to homeschool with minimal requirements:
- You must file a Notice of Intent to Homeschool with your school district’s superintendent before starting or within 10 days of withdrawing your child from public school.
- The notice only needs basic information: your child’s name, age, gender; your name and address; a statement that you’re responsible for your child’s education; and an educational plan (per NRS 388D.050).
- Schools must accept the standard form without requiring additional information or assurances.
For the full legal details, see NRS 388D.020 below.
NRS 388D.020 (Legal Text):
- If the parent of a child who is subject to compulsory enrollment and attendance wishes to homeschool the child, the parent must file with the superintendent of schools of the school district in which the child resides a written notice of intent to homeschool the child. The Department shall develop a standard form for the notice of intent to homeschool. The form must not require any information or assurances that are not otherwise required by this section or other specific statute. The board of trustees of each school district shall, in a timely manner, make only the form developed by the Department available to parents who wish to homeschool their child.
- The notice of intent to homeschool must be filed before beginning to homeschool the child or:
(a) Not later than 10 days after the child has been formally withdrawn from enrollment in public school; or
(b) Not later than 30 days after establishing residency in this State.
- The purpose of the notice of intent to homeschool is to inform the school district in which the child resides that the child is exempt from the requirement of compulsory enrollment and attendance.
- If the name or address of the parent or child as indicated on a notice of intent to homeschool changes, the parent must, not later than 30 days after the change, file a new notice of intent to homeschool with the superintendent of schools of the school district in which the child resides.
- A notice of intent to homeschool must include only the following:
(a) The full name, age and gender of the child;
(b) The name and address of each parent filing the notice of intent to homeschool;
(c) A statement signed and dated by each such parent declaring that the parent has control or charge of the child and the legal right to direct the education of the child, and assumes full responsibility for the education of the child while the child is being homeschooled;
(d) An educational plan for the child that is prepared pursuant to NRS 388D.050;
(e) If applicable, the name of the public school in this State which the child most recently attended; and
(f) An optional statement that the parent may sign which provides:
I expressly prohibit the release of any information contained in this document, including, without limitation, directory information as defined in 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(a)(5)(A), without my prior written consent.
- Each superintendent of schools of a school district shall accept notice of intent to homeschool that is filed with the superintendent pursuant to this section and meets the requirements of subsection 5, and shall not require or request any additional information or assurances from the parent who filed the notice.