Illinois
None — home school as a private school (voluntary ISBE registration form 87-02)
The Filing Facts
| Who files | No one |
|---|---|
| Filed with | Nowhere |
| When / how often | None |
| Filing required | No |
| Statute | 105 ILCS 5/26-1 (and 5/27-1); People v. Levisen, 404 Ill. 574 (1950) |
Fill In & Print Your Letter
Type your family's details and every bracketed field in the letter is filled for printing. What you type is sealed with your family's key if your school is set up and unlocked — it is never kept in plain text.
The Letter — Illinois
> **PERSONAL RECORD LETTER — FOR THE FAMILY'S OWN FILES. NOT FILED WITH ANY OFFICE.**
> Illinois requires no registration, notice, or declaration to home school. This letter records the family's own facts. (ISBE recommends — but state law does not require — giving a dated copy to the child's current public school when withdrawing, and keeping copies.)
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> [DATE]
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> **Record of home education — Illinois**
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> Parent or guardian (person having custody or control of the child): [PARENT OR GUARDIAN FULL NAME]
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> Address: [FAMILY ADDRESS]
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> Child: [CHILD'S FULL NAME], date of birth [DATE OF BIRTH]
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> Date home education began: [START DATE]
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> This records that the child named above is educated at home as a private school under 105 ILCS 5/26-1, as interpreted in *People v. Levisen*: the child is taught, in the English language, the branches of education taught to children of corresponding age and grade in the public schools — language arts, mathematics, biological and physical science, social science, fine arts, and physical development and health — by a competent teacher, at a standard at least equivalent to public schooling.
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> Signature: ______________________________ [PARENT OR GUARDIAN]
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> Date: [DATE]
Honesty note: This letter is a template prepared from the statute text cited above. The
parent files it themselves — Grace Team Academy never files on a
family's behalf. It is not legal advice; the family's own state rules, as
currently in force, govern.