Homeschooling a 17 Year Old in Minnesota

[Allsmiles1]

Hi All!

 

I used to frequent these boards when my kids were in school, I was AllSmiles.

 

Anyways, my youngest is 22 now (sniff, sniff), and then all started college classes at 16,  so I’ve been out of the game awhile.

 

My sister’s daughter is 17, but she want to pull her out of school and homeschool her this last year because she is floundering.

 

As I’m rereading the Minnesota statutes, I’m a little confused over the requirements for a newly schooled 17 year old.

 

Does anyone here have any knowledge of that?

 

Thanks,

Theresa (AllSmiles)

[lewelma]

I don't know the legal requirements of Minnesota, but if you post what you have found, I'm sure someone could interpret it.

[Allsmiles1]

Thank you for the good idea.

120A.24 REPORTING.

Subdivision 1.Reports to superintendent.

 

(a) The person or nonpublic school in charge of providing instruction to a child must submit to the superintendent of the district in which the child resides the name, birth date, and address of the child; the annual tests intended to be used under section 120A.22, subdivision 11, if required; the name of each instructor; and evidence of compliance with one of the requirements specified in section 120A.22, subdivision 10:

(1) by October 1 of the first school year the child receives instruction after reaching the age of seven;

(2) within 15 days of when a parent withdraws a child from public school after age seven to provide instruction in a nonpublic school that is not accredited by a state-recognized accredited agency;

(3) within 15 days of moving out of a district; and

(4) by October 1 after a new resident district is established.

(b) The person or nonpublic school in charge of providing instruction to a child between the ages of seven and 16 and every child ages 16 through 17 for which an initial report was filed pursuant to this subdivision after the child is 16 must submit, by October 1 of each school year, a letter of intent to continue to provide instruction under this section for all students under the person's or school's supervision and any changes to the information required in paragraph (a) for each student.

 

Subd: (b) The parent of a child who enrolls full time in public school after having been enrolled in a nonpublic school that is not accredited by a state-recognized accrediting agency must provide the enrolling public school or school district with the child's scores on any tests administered to the child under section 120A.22, subdivision 11, and other education-related documents the enrolling school or district requires to determine where the child is placed in school and what course requirements apply. This paragraph does not apply to a shared time student who does not seek a public school diploma.

 

[Lori D.]

Check out this webpage: Minnesota homeschool statutes and state dept. of education info about homeschooling

It looks like most of your questions will be answered if you click on that link at the bottom of the page: Home-School Questions and Answers  -- it downloads automatically as a PDF onto your computer.

Edited August 27, 2023 by Lori D.

[silver]

18 hours ago, Allsmiles1 said:

(a) The person or nonpublic school in charge of providing instruction to a child must submit to the superintendent of the district in which the child resides the name, birth date, and address of the child; the annual tests intended to be used under section 120A.22, subdivision 11, if required; the name of each instructor; and evidence of compliance with one of the requirements specified in section 120A.22, subdivision 10:

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(2) within 15 days of when a parent withdraws a child from public school after age seven to provide instruction in a nonpublic school that is not accredited by a state-recognized accredited agency;

This makes it sound that, because your niece is being pulled from school, your sister will have to report, even though her daughter is above compulsory attendance age. Even if that's not what this means, it's probably better to err on the side of caution, and submit a report, rather than skip reporting. Submitting a "I'm going to homeschool" form really isn't that much work, and might as well be done, regardless of age of the student, until graduation from high school. 

[carrierocha]

I am a Minnesotan. Are you asking whether you need to file an Intent to Homeschool Form for a 17 year-old? You do need to submit that for a 17 year-old.

Maybe this info from MACHE's website would be helpful: https://mache.org/homeschool-reporting-forms-faqs/

Does that help?

Edited October 10, 2023 by carrierocha

[catz]

I recommend pulling MHA's form from here (it's a PDF link) on their getting started document.  You submit this to your superintendant's office.  I would notify the school.  In theory, she needs a standardized test sometime over the year.  She could do PSEO in the spring.

https://www.homeschoolers.org/homeschooling101/

I just graduated my youngest kid in MN though she did do PSEO the past 2 years.  You are welcome to PM me.