Missouri

> **PERSONAL RECORD LETTER — FOR THE FAMILY'S OWN FILES. NOT FILED WITH ANY OFFICE.** > Missouri requires no registration or filing to establish a home school, and DESE does not regulate or monitor home schooling. This letter records the family's own facts; keep it with the plan book / diary, portfolio, and evaluation record § 167.031 requires the parent to maintain. > > [DATE] > > **Record of home school — Missouri** > > Parent, guardian, or other person having charge, control, or custody: [FULL NAME] > > Address (regular home school location): [FAMILY ADDRESS] > > Child: [CHILD'S FULL NAME], date of birth [DATE OF BIRTH] > > Date the home school began: [START DATE] > > This records that the child named above attends a home school under RSMo § 167.031.2(1): a school whose primary purpose is the provision of private or religious-based instruction, enrolling no more than four pupils unrelated by affinity or consanguinity in the third degree, charging no tuition, fees, or other remuneration. The home school offers at least 1,000 hours of instruction in the school year July 1–June 30, at least 600 hours in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies and science (at least 400 of those hours at the regular home school location), and the parent maintains a plan book, diary, or other written record of subjects taught and activities engaged in, a portfolio of samples of the child's academic work, and a record of evaluations of the child's academic progress. > > Signature: ______________________________ [PARENT OR GUARDIAN] > > Date: [DATE] ### The only statutory letter — written notification under RSMo § 167.042 (only when the child is on a public district's rolls) > [DATE] > > To [PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE THE CHILD LEGALLY RESIDES] > > **Written notification of intent to pursue other educational options — RSMo § 167.042** > > Parent, guardian, or other person having charge, control, or custody: [FULL NAME] > > Child: [CHILD'S FULL NAME] > > I give written notification of my intent to pursue other educational options under RSMo § 167.031 for the child named above, and I request that the child be dropped from the rolls of this public school district, where the child legally resides. Under RSMo § 167.042 the district shall comply with this request and remove the child from the rolls promptly. > > Signature: ______________________________ [PARENT OR GUARDIAN] > > Date: [DATE]