Homeschool benefits in Virginia
Virginia does not offer a public homeschool curriculum allotment. You choose and pay for your child's curriculum.
What Virginia offers homeschool families
Virginia Beach home-school policy check
What it is worth
No ordinary part-time homeschool enrollment under the current policy
Who qualifies
Virginia Beach City Public Schools states that home-school students may not enroll part time or participate in academic or extracurricular activities, except as required by law.
Rules
- Special-education or other legally required services are separate from ordinary part-time enrollment.
- This policy applies to Virginia Beach; other Virginia divisions may offer optional part-time courses.
Homeschool rules and statewide help in Virginia
You must file the annual notice of intent by August 15. If you move into a Virginia division or begin after the school year starts, notify the division as soon as practicable and complete the filing within 30 days of the notice.
Virginia sets these rules:
- Subjects: Provide a curriculum and include a list of the coming year’s subjects with the annual notice. The home-instruction statute does not require the public-school curriculum.
- Testing: Submit evidence of progress by August 1 after the school year. Children under six on September 30 of that school year are exempt from this assessment requirement.
- Records: Submit the annual notice, subject list, proof of a qualifying route, and required evidence of progress. Keep copies; no routine portfolio or attendance-log filing is required.
- Teachers: Qualify through a high-school diploma, Board-prescribed teaching qualifications, providing a curriculum or program of study, or evidence that you can provide an adequate education.
Read the Virginia homeschooling guide See statewide programs in Virginia
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Local classes cover the subjects they offer. We teach the remaining subjects, so a local class can stay part of the year without becoming the whole curriculum.
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$149/month per child after the trial.
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