TO: Home Schooling Parents

FROM: Steve Slyman, Chief Student Advocacy Officer

The following information is provided for your consideration in your application to provide Home School:

• Letter of Intent to Provide Home School

• Albany County School District #1 Board of Education regarding Home Schooling

• Administrative procedures for implementing Home School programs

Note that the name of a “Sequentially Progressive Curriculum” must be provided in order to approve a Home-School Educational Program. 

You may also choose to have your child(ren) participate in Federally funded programs.  Programs such as Title I, Special Education (IDEA), and Carl D. Perkins Vocational Program are limited to students who are eligible for those services. Contact Kay Mobley, Grant Coordinator at 721-4460, or email Kay Mobley, for additional information regarding Title I eligibility and services or the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Program.  Steve Slyman, Chief Student Advocacy Officer, 721-4460, or email Steve Slyman, can aid in evaluating for suspected disabilities and/or the provision of services to eligible students.  Additionally, parents of home-schooled students are eligible to participate in staff development opportunities provided by the district.  While it is too early to disseminate what the district’s staff development offerings will be at this time, please note that you can contact Brittany Welch, or Ariane Eicke, Professional Development Coordinators, at 721-4460, or email Brittany Welch or Ariane Eicke, to find out what is scheduled. 

Please return the completed Letter of Intent to Provide Home Schooling by the last working day in August to:

Darlene Toner or the Office of Special Services, 509 S. 9th St., Laramie, WY  82070.

Respectfully,
Steve Slyman
Chief Student Advocacy Officer

_____New

_____Renewal

Parent/Guardian Name: ________________________________________________________________

Home Address: ______________________________________________________________________

Mailing Address (if different): __________________________________________________________

Phone: ____________________________________ Email: _________________________________

Name of Student: Birth Date: Age: Grade:

1. ______________________________________________________ _____________ _______ _______

2. ______________________________________________________ _____________ _______ _______

3. ______________________________________________________ _____________ _______ _______

4. ______________________________________________________ _____________ _______ _______

I intend to teach the above child/children at home in accordance with the Wyoming Home Schooling Law (W.S. 21-4-

102) beginning (Date): _______________

The sequentially progressive curriculum I intend to use is:

Subject: Curriculum/Materials: Subject: Curriculum/Materials:

Reading: __________________________________________ Writing: ______________________________________

Math: _____________________________________________ Civics: ______________________________________

History: ___________________________________________ Literature: ___________________________________

Science: ___________________________________________ Other: ______________________________________

I have received a copy of Albany County School District #1 Board Policy 3010, Home Schooling and a written

statement of the administrative procedures of Albany County School District #1, regarding Home Schooling.

Parent/Guardian Signature: ______________________________________________ Date: __________________

Director of Individualized Instruction: _____________________________________ Date:__________________

1 Home Schooling

2 The Board of Education recognizes the right of parents or their designees to teach their own

3 children at home in accordance with the Wyoming Home Schooling Law (W.S. 21-4-101 and 21-

4 4-102).

5 The Home Schooling law states that a home-based educational program means a program of

6 educational instruction to a child by a child’s parent or legal guardian or by a person designated

7 by the parent or legal guardian. An instructional program provided to more than one (1) family

8 unit does not constitute a home-based educational program.

9 A “basic academic educational program” is one that provides a sequentially progressive

10 curriculum of fundamental instruction in reading, writing, mathematics, civics, history, literature,

11 and science. These curriculum requirements do not require any home-based educational program

12 to include in its curriculum any concept, topic, or practice in conflict with its religious doctrines

13 or to exclude from its curriculum any concept, topic, or practice consistent with its religious

14 doctrines.

15 A home-based educational program shall meet the requirements of a basic academic educational

16 program pursuant to W.S. 21-4-101(a)(vi). It shall be the responsibility of every person

17 administering a home-based educational program to submit a curriculum to the local Board of

18 Trustees each year showing that the program complies with the requirements of this subsection.

19 District textbooks, materials, and standardized tests shall be available for review to the home-

20 school parent or guardian. Copies shall not be provided by the District. No expenses of the home-

21 school program will be borne by the District.

22 Participation in public school extracurricular activities or other school-sponsored activities shall

23 be permitted. Home school students may participate in Wyoming High School Activities

24 Association (WHSAA) sanctioned activities by registering with WHSAA, executing a

25 combination school agreement and meeting all other District and WHSAA eligibility requirements

26 without enrolling in the public schools.

27 Placement in the public schools of a child from a home-based program will be treated as from any

28 other school, and appropriate testing of the child shall be required for placement in the public

29 schools. The grade level may or may not be the same as the child had achieved in the home-based

30 program. In order to graduate from Laramie High School, Whiting High School, or Rock River

31 High School, the child must meet the District’s graduation requirements.