North Dakota
Statement of Intent to Supervise Home Education (form SFN 16909 or an equivalent written statement)
The Filing Facts
| Who files | The supervising parent (legal parent or legal guardian only) |
|---|---|
| Filed with | Superintendent of the school district of residence, or the county superintendent if the district has none |
| When / how often | At least five days before beginning home education, or within 14 days of establishing residence in a district — and once each year thereafter, per child age 7+ |
| Filing required | Yes |
| Statute | N.D. Cent. Code ch. 15.1-23 (§§ 15.1-23-02, -03, -05, -07, -09); § 15.1-20-02 |
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 — North Dakota
*This letter is the filled-companion to the Department of Public Instruction's form SFN 16909, Statement of Intent — Home Education Statutory Requirements. Use SFN 16909 itself, or send this letter — the Department accepts a written statement that covers every item § 15.1-23-02 requires. File it with the superintendent of your district of residence (or the county superintendent) at least five days before home education begins, and again each year.*
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STATEMENT OF INTENT TO SUPERVISE HOME EDUCATION
N.D. Cent. Code § 15.1-23-02
To: Superintendent, [SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE] *(or: County Superintendent of Schools, [COUNTY] County)*
I intend to supervise / am supervising the home education of my child, as follows:
Child receiving home education:
- Name: [CHILD'S NAME]
- Address: [ADDRESS]
- Date of birth: [DATE OF BIRTH]
- Grade level: [GRADE]
Supervising parent:
- Name: [PARENT'S NAME]
- Address: [ADDRESS]
- Qualifications: [e.g. "High school diploma" / "GED" / "No high school diploma or GED — monitoring by a licensed teacher will apply for the first two years"]
Public school courses in which the child intends to participate, and the district offering them:
[COURSES AND DISTRICT, OR "NONE"]
Extracurricular activities in which the child intends to participate, and the district or approved nonpublic school offering them:
[ACTIVITIES AND SCHOOL, OR "NONE"]
Enclosed / accompanying: proof of my child's identity, and my child's immunization record or exemption documentation.
[If applicable:] Notice of opt-out from the standardized testing requirement of § 15.1-23-09, on the ground that [I am licensed to teach by the Education Standards and Practices Board / I hold a baccalaureate degree / I have met the cutoff score of a national teacher examination / I have a philosophical, moral, or religious objection to standardized achievement tests], with supporting documentation.
Home education will begin five days after this statement is filed: [START DATE]
Signature of supervising parent: ______________________________ 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.