New Jersey
None — equivalent instruction elsewhere than at school
The Filing Facts
| Who files | No one |
|---|---|
| Filed with | Nowhere (NJDOE encourages voluntary notice to the local board) |
| When / how often | Never (two narrow exceptions: verification statement after a refused, unappealed enrolment; transfer form on removing an enrolled high school student) |
| Filing required | No |
| Statute | N.J.S.A. 18A:38-25 |
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 — New Jersey
**PERSONAL RECORD LETTER — FOR THE FAMILY'S OWN FILES (NEW JERSEY)**
*New Jersey requires no filing, registration, or approval to educate a child at home. This letter is the family's own record. A copy may be sent voluntarily to the local board of education — which the Department of Education encourages, so that no question arises about compliance — or kept to answer a board request made on credible evidence. It asks for no approval, because no board is authorized to give or withhold any.*
[PARENT/GUARDIAN FULL NAME]
[STREET ADDRESS]
[CITY, NJ ZIP]
[DATE]
Record of equivalent instruction elsewhere than at school — N.J.S.A. 18A:38-25.
Student: [STUDENT FULL NAME], date of birth [DATE OF BIRTH].
From [START DATE], this student is receiving instruction elsewhere than at school, at home, provided by [PARENT/INSTRUCTOR NAME], academically equivalent to the instruction provided in the public schools for children of similar grades and attainments.
[If the student was enrolled: This record also notes the student's withdrawal from [SCHOOL NAME] effective [DATE]; for a high school student, the district's transfer form has been completed as required.]
Signature: ______________________________ [PARENT/GUARDIAN SIGNATURE]
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.