It is a form approved by the State Department of Education, and provided to each local school district. Parents or guardians that decide not to send their kindergarten child or ward to school must use this form in order to have the kindergarten requirement waived.
Your local school district bears the responsibility of providing this form to you for completion (not the school your child would have attended).
"For this purpose, the parent or guardian shall sign a written document making the election with the governing body of the school district in which the parent or guardian resides."
If your local district can not locate a copy of this form, they need to contact the State Department of Education to obtain the prescribed form for you to complete.
No, the law is clear on this matter. The form must be "prescribed by regulation of the Department of Education.
If your local district can not locate a copy of this form, they need to contact the State Department of Education to obtain the prescribed form for you to complete.
Absolutely none, unless the district provides you with a letter or other proof of your waiver being executed. If they do not, you better ask for a copy of the paperwork for your own records. It is always better to be safe, than sorry later. Paperwork can easily be misplaced or lost, always keep a copy!
No, the law is very clear that "the parent or guardian shall sign a written document making the election with the governing body of the school district in which the parent or guardian resides."
The law states the "the parent or guardian shall sign a written document making the election with the governing body of the school district in which the parent or guardian resides."
You are not required to go to the local school your child would have attended, but to your local school district.
No, you can not the law states "A parent or guardian whose child or ward is not six years of age on or before the first day of September of a particular school year may elect for their child or ward not to attend kindergarten."
If you do not want to use option 1, 2, or 3 to homeschool your child.
If you plan to put your child into private or public school for first grade, the following school year.
If you have or will always homeschool your children, and you want to protect your right of privacy.
You will need to figure out which option you will homeschool under, register, and maintain the requirements of that option.
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