I live in Indiana, and technically here we don't have to do much...just fulfill 180 days per year and there are some subject requirements in older grades. Generally speaking they don't require record keeping and nobody ever checks, BUT I've heard enough stories from the HSLDA to know that I want to be covered just in case anyone decides to get nosey. Since my son is compulsory age starting this fall, I do want to keep records just in case. I figured I would save the best examples of his work, such as math tests, art projects/or pics of projects, copy work, spelling tests, book check-lists, "attendance" sheet, etc. I don't plan to keep all the in-between stuff, just the things that really show what he knows and what he's accomplished. I bought an expanding folder to put all of these items in so that I can separate them by subject, but if I keep one of these per year per child, we're talking 48 folders by the time my youngest graduates high school (hypothetically speaking, of course, because nobody can plan the future).
Anyway, for those who live in states where you are required to keep records, how long do you keep everything?
How long do you maintain records?
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blessedmomof4
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Re: How long do you maintain records?
Hi!
I live in Nevada, where the only requirement currently is to notify the school district once. The only time you would have to re-notify is if you ever put your child in public/private school and then took them out again. Our school district must keep a copy of their exemption letter for 15 years, I think. As for what I keep, I homeschooled my oldest two through grade 8, then put them in public high school. The high school only wanted a report card/summary of subjects taken for grade 8, and nothing else. Just for good measure, I also gave them results of a standardized test I administered and sent out for grading through a Christian testing service. Colleges usually want a transcript/portfolio of the four years of high school.
Now that I am homeschooling my youngest again for grade 5, (after a short stint in public school), I just mark the date in the guide every day as she completes each day, for attendance. I plan to keep samples of her work through grade 8, and if we go all the way, I will keep a portfolio for high school, but get rid of the stuff from younger grades (except maybe a few for sentimental value
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I live in Nevada, where the only requirement currently is to notify the school district once. The only time you would have to re-notify is if you ever put your child in public/private school and then took them out again. Our school district must keep a copy of their exemption letter for 15 years, I think. As for what I keep, I homeschooled my oldest two through grade 8, then put them in public high school. The high school only wanted a report card/summary of subjects taken for grade 8, and nothing else. Just for good measure, I also gave them results of a standardized test I administered and sent out for grading through a Christian testing service. Colleges usually want a transcript/portfolio of the four years of high school.
Now that I am homeschooling my youngest again for grade 5, (after a short stint in public school), I just mark the date in the guide every day as she completes each day, for attendance. I plan to keep samples of her work through grade 8, and if we go all the way, I will keep a portfolio for high school, but get rid of the stuff from younger grades (except maybe a few for sentimental value
)Lourdes
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Wife to Danforth
2 grads 9/19/92,7/8/95
2 in charter school 1/31/98, 9/19/99
3 in Heaven 8/11/06, 8/18/10, 9/13/13
Future HODie is here! 9/14/12
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MamaPajama
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Re: How long do you maintain records?
blessedmomof4 wrote:Hi!
I live in Nevada, where the only requirement currently is to notify the school district once. The only time you would have to re-notify is if you ever put your child in public/private school and then took them out again. Our school district must keep a copy of their exemption letter for 15 years, I think. As for what I keep, I homeschooled my oldest two through grade 8, then put them in public high school. The high school only wanted a report card/summary of subjects taken for grade 8, and nothing else. Just for good measure, I also gave them results of a standardized test I administered and sent out for grading through a Christian testing service. Colleges usually want a transcript/portfolio of the four years of high school.
Now that I am homeschooling my youngest again for grade 5, (after a short stint in public school), I just mark the date in the guide every day as she completes each day, for attendance. I plan to keep samples of her work through grade 8, and if we go all the way, I will keep a portfolio for high school, but get rid of the stuff from younger grades (except maybe a few for sentimental value
We don't even have to notify the school superintendent. The state strongly encourages us to, but it is not required. But there was a local story maybe a year ago where the school district (not ours) tried to bust a HSed child for being truant and make him go to the school. When his parents disputed it they tried to then say he would be allowed to stay home only if they taught the school's curriculum. So the had to get the HSLDA involved. Of course the problem was resolved, and maybe I'm being overly cautious, but I think I will keep the types of records I've already mentioned for at least a year.
Does anyone live in a state where record keeping is a requirement?