An act to aid and enforce homeschooling regulations for elementary school-aged children, and to

punish if not followed.

Preamble: Whereas, homeschooling has become a more popular choice to educate children, some
people have taken advantage of the fact, and do not properly educate their children, therefore this
act is proposed to help standardize requirements that must be met for homeschooling education
to continue.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE 2017-2018 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE NORTH CAROLINA
INTERCOLLEGIATE STATE LEGISLATURE:
Section 1: Improper homeschooling practices include, but are not limited to, lacking proper
documentation of time spent homeschooling or other necessary paperwork, pupils not attending
testing sessions, failure of the pupil to meet multiple state guidelines, an unsafe learning
environment, and anything else that may be deemed improper or harmful.
Section 2: To retain the ability to homeschool pupils, necessary requirements must be met. If not
met, the party in charge will have one (1) more attempt to prove that they are capable of
homeschooling their child. If not met, child must go to public school for one (1) full semester,
effective one (1) week after it has been shown that requirements were not met twice.
A. Each pupil enrolled in a homeschooling environment must meet or exceed grade-level
milestones defined by state guidelines for a certain age or equivalent grade level.
B. If a pupil has any special needs (i.e. a 504 plan), that must be documented with the
state to ensure that no participant in homeschooling is suffering.
C. There must be sufficient documentation of hours completed per week, lesson plans,
and reasons those are not well-documented if applicable.
D. The learning environment must be conducive to learning. No excessively unclean
homes, nor homes with safety hazards will be permitted to have pupils taught in it.
E. The pupils must feel as though they are receiving a quality education as the purpose
of being homeschooled.
F. Any other requirement deemed necessary to ensure that the pupils are receiving the
best education possible.
Section 3: To ensure that the students are receiving the best home education possible, the pupils,
along with their instructors, will be evaluated.
A. Pupils must take tests similar to those distributed in public schools. Those tests for
homeschooled pupils will be taken in public buildings, with proctors to ensure that
the students are doing the test themselves. However, the tests may not be as structured
as those in public school. The results of those tests will determine whether or not a
child is at state guideline level.
B. Instructors must fill out logs that document when the pupils were taught, and reasons
explaining why there would be a deviation from the normal amount in that
environment. They must also create a lesson plan explaining what was done and the
intended learning purpose.
 C. State officials will inspect the learning environment four times a year. Two will be
announced ahead of time, and the other two will be unannounced, with a schedule
given by the instructors of available times.
Section 4: this act shall take effect July 1, 2017