State Regulations of Private Schools (PDF)

U.S. Department of Education

State Regulation of

Private Schools

State Regulation of Private Schools

U.S. Department of Education

Office of Innovation and Improvement

Office of Non-Public Education

2009

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U.S. Department of Education

Arne Duncan

Secretary

Office of Innovation and Improvement

James H. Shelton

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement

Office of Non-Public Education

Jack Klenk

Director

July 2009

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Contents

Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................. v

Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 1

ALABAMA ........................................................................................................................ 3

ALASKA ............................................................................................................................ 8

ARIZONA......................................................................................................................... 13

ARKANSAS ..................................................................................................................... 18

CALIFORNIA .................................................................................................................. 23

COLORADO .................................................................................................................... 31

CONNECTICUT .............................................................................................................. 36

DELAWARE .................................................................................................................... 42

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ............................................................................................ 46

FLORIDA ......................................................................................................................... 51

GEORGIA......................................................................................................................... 57

HAWAII ........................................................................................................................... 63

IDAHO .............................................................................................................................. 70

ILLINOIS .......................................................................................................................... 75

INDIANA ......................................................................................................................... 82

IOWA ................................................................................................................................ 89

KANSAS........................................................................................................................... 96

KENTUCKY................................................................................................................... 103

LOUISIANA ................................................................................................................... 108

MAINE ........................................................................................................................... 116

MARYLAND ................................................................................................................. 124

MASSACHUSETTS....................................................................................................... 131

MICHIGAN .................................................................................................................... 136

MINNESOTA ................................................................................................................. 143

MISSISSIPPI .................................................................................................................. 150

MISSOURI ..................................................................................................................... 154

MONTANA .................................................................................................................... 158

NEBRASKA ................................................................................................................... 163

NEVADA ........................................................................................................................ 169

NEW HAMPSHIRE ....................................................................................................... 176

NEW JERSEY ................................................................................................................ 182

NEW MEXICO ............................................................................................................... 188

NEW YORK ................................................................................................................... 192

NORTH CAROLINA ..................................................................................................... 200

NORTH DAKOTA ......................................................................................................... 207

OHIO............................................................................................................................... 212

OKLAHOMA ................................................................................................................. 219

OREGON ........................................................................................................................ 225

PENNSYLVANIA .......................................................................................................... 229

PUERTO RICO .............................................................................................................. 238

RHODE ISLAND ........................................................................................................... 242

SOUTH CAROLINA...................................................................................................... 247

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SOUTH DAKOTA ......................................................................................................... 252

TENNESSEE .................................................................................................................. 260

TEXAS ............................................................................................................................ 267

UTAH ............................................................................................................................. 272

VERMONT ..................................................................................................................... 277

VIRGIN ISLANDS ......................................................................................................... 285

VIRGINIA ...................................................................................................................... 288

WASHINGTON ............................................................................................................. 294

WEST VIRGINIA .......................................................................................................... 301

WISCONSIN .................................................................................................................. 306

WYOMING .................................................................................................................... 313

APPENDIX A: TABLES ON STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS

......................................................................................................................................... 317

APPENDIX B: TABLE ON STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR HOMESCHOOLS ..... 333

APPENDIX C: LEGAL HISTORY OF THE REGULATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS

(2000) .............................................................................................................................. 335

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