Instructions for Home School Operators

1. Please print or type, and notorize Form 542-99a.
2. Submit the completed notification form to the superintendent of the school district in which you are a resident within thirty days of its establishment and, on or before April 1 of each subsequent year of operation. A new form must be completed every year a student is home schooled.
3. The term "school district" means the public school district, not the individual school, that your child(ren) has attended, or would attend if enrolled in a public school.
4. Submit the following documents to the local public school district superintendent: Notification of Establishment of a Home School Form SDE 542-99a; a copy of a school calendar indicating instruction for at least the length of time of the school year that is established in the school district in which the person is a resident, in accordance with Section 22-12-2, NMSA, 1978; and Immunization verification, or a certificate of Religious/Conscientious Objection.

Note: To ensure compliance with Section 22-12-1, Compulsory School Attendance, Submit written notification to the local public school district in the event you move or cease to home school.

Any person operating or intending to operate a home school shall:
A. Notify the superintendent of schools of the school district in which the person is a resident of the establishment of a home school within thirty days of its establishment, and notify the superintendent of schools of the school district on or before April 1 of each subsequent year of operating;
B. Maintain records of student attendance and disease immunization and furnish such records to the superintendent of schools of the school district;
C. Provide instruction by a person possessing at least a high school diploma or its equivalent;
D. Test students annually to assess achievement according to the statewide and local school district testing programs as determined by the state superintendent. The home school child shall take such achievement tests at a time and place and in a manner consistent with the procedures established by the state superintendent.

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