If you live in Delaware and your kid(ren) is/are between the ages of five (past August 31st of the schoolhouse twelvemonth) and 18, your child(ren) must exist enrolled in a public or nonpublic (individual or homeschool) school. This is due to compulsory attendance laws in Delaware.

There are 2 requirements to keep a nonpublic (home or private) school open and agile once registered. Pursuant to Delaware law, 14 Del.C. § 2704:

  • (a) All persons conducting nonpublic schools shall written report end of the yr attendance information to the DDOE annually, on or before July 31, on such forms as shall be prescribed by the DDOE.
  • (b) Such persons shall also submit annually, no later than October v, a statement of student enrollment as as of the last schoolhouse twenty-four hour period in September, on such forms as prescribed by the Department of Educational activity.

Annual enrollment and attendance information are reported through the Nonpublic Schoolhouse Arrangement.

Homeschools [ Back to Superlative ]

If you plan to homeschool children in Delaware, you must open a nonpublic schoolhouse (NPS) with the Delaware Department of Education (DOE) and enroll your children

The employ of an online school, program, or curriculum is acceptable, merely yous are still required to open a homeschool. You lot do not have to open a homeschool with the DOE if your child is 16 or older; notwithstanding, we welcome and encourage you to practice and then.

For multi-family homeschools, the school's liaison/administrator is responsible for registration, reporting, and enrollment. They will add students to the multi-family homeschool as part of the enrollment process and provide the parent/guardian with a copy of the acknowledgement page. If you programme for your kid(ren) to attend a multi-family unit homeschool, y'all must contact the liaison/ambassador in guild to determine what steps you must take to enroll your educatee.

Once your student is enrolled into a homeschool, you must withdraw from public school or your previous nonpublic school.

Private Schools[ Back to Top ]

Parents/Guardians

If you plan on sending your child(ren) to a private school, that private school must be in an "open status", have a concrete location which your educatee is attending (this does non pertain to remote learning instituted by the schoolhouse due to unforeseen circumstances), and your child(ren) enrolled in that private schoolhouse before your child(ren) is/are withdrawn from a Delaware public school. The DOE must be made aware of their enrollment in the private schoolhouse or the educatee volition be considered truant in their previous school.

The DOE recommends that students and parents/guardians research the private schoolhouse prior to enrolling their students. They may want to wait into accreditation, curriculum, grading and promotion policies, document retention policies, etc.

If you program on your kid(ren) attention a private schoolhouse, you must contact the private school in order to decide what steps you must take to enroll your educatee. The private school is responsible for notifying the DOE of their enrolled students.

One time your student is enrolled into a private school, yous must withdraw from public schoolhouse or your previous nonpublic school.

New or Existing Private Schools

Co-ordinate to DE Admin Code 255.2, a "Private Schoolhouse" means a school having whatever or all of grades kindergarten through twelve, operating under a board of trustees and maintaining a faculty and establish which are properly supervised.

In order to open a individual school in the State of Delaware, you must annals with the Delaware Section of Education (DOE). You must also obtain proper business organisation licensing for the Delaware Sectionalisation of Corporations.

Any private schoolhouse registered with the DOE must have an address and a concrete location within the State of Delaware. The DOE does non let virtual individual schools to register with the DOE as a Delaware nonpublic school.

Application Steps[ Back to Superlative ]

The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) reviews and approves or denies nonpublic schoolhouse applications in the order that they are received.

The DDOE will review your submitted application and open or deny the school. If needed, they will telephone call for any additional information. Please be aware we do our best to review the data equally quickly as possible. The DDOE will deny a NPS application and/or student registration if an active truancy case exists.

Whether you are opening a Individual School or Homeschool, the procedure contains 3 steps:

  • Step I: Apply for an EdAccess Business relationship and select Nonpublic School Account from the dropdown. Once y'all have submitted the grade, be sure to check your e-mail for a confirmation and adjacent steps.
  • Pace Two: Log into the Nonpublic School Awarding via EdAccess. Select the Nonpublic School Application icon, select the +School blueish button at the top of the folio. Then select the blazon of NPS y'all are opening, enter the school's demographic data, contact information, and add pupil(s) to be enrolled. If you are opening a homeschool, make sure to link your students to a parent/guardian. Exist certain to save and go along on each page, review the information 1 more fourth dimension, then submit. At this time, your nonpublic school asking will go into a pending status.
  • Step 3: Print or obtain a copy of the Acknowledgment Letter indicating that your NPS has been opened and your student(s) is/are enrolled. Public schools will non withdraw your child(ren) to a NPS without this Acknowledgement Letter.

Please notation, if you are registering a nonpublic school for next school yr, you volition need to wait until afterward August 10thursday to do then.

Once the DDOE notifies you that your NPS is approved/open, you tin access the homepage for your NPS by logging in through EdAccess and clicking on the NPS icon. This will accept y'all to your NPS homepage for your school.

Acknowledgement Letter[ Back to Top ]

This is the official document that shows your nonpublic school has been registered with the Delaware Section of Education (DDOE). This certificate will too testify the status of your educatee enrollment. The DDOE encourages you to keep a copy of this document for your records any fourth dimension the status of your school or pupil changes.

To locate the Acknowledgement Letter of the alphabet, delight log into the NPS Application via EdAccess. Select the Records tab at the acme of the screen and and then Acknowledgement Letter. Yous will need to select the School Twelvemonth for which yous want to print the letter. You lot can click the Impress All push button to print the letter containing all students enrolled in the schoolhouse, or you can select specific students and and so click the Print Selected push.

Withdraw from a Public School[ Back to Height ]

If your child(ren) withdraws from a Delaware public to enroll in a Delaware nonpublic schoolhouse (homeschool or private school), that nonpublic school must exist opened, and your child(ren) enrolled in that nonpublic schoolhouse before your child(ren) is/are withdrawn from a Delaware public schoolhouse. The DOE must be fabricated aware of their nonpublic school status through nonpublic registration and enrollment, or the student will exist considered truant in their previous public school.

Once your kid(ren) is/are enrolled in an open up Delaware NPS, you are required to provide the Acknowledgement Letter of the alphabet to the public school to withdraw your child(ren). Public schools will not withdraw your kid(ren) to a nonpublic schoolhouse without this acknowledgement certificate.

For multi-family homeschools and Private Schools, the school'due south liaison volition provide the parent/guardian with a copy of the Acknowledgement Letter of the alphabet.

If your student has not been enrolled in a Delaware public school because yous are new to the state or at present entering kindergarten, you practise not need to withdraw from public school.

Re-enroll in a Public School[ Dorsum to Top ]

Be sure that the pupil(s) have been withdrawn from the nonpublic school. Log into EdAccess and re-print the Acknowledgement Letter found under Records which will at present bear witness that the student(s) have been withdrawn from the NPS. Take this document and an accurate portfolio, including tests, quizzes, assignments, report cards, etc. to the public school. An accurate portfolio will be helpful for re-enrollment in the public school, since it is the public school'southward decision which grade level the pupil(due south) is/are placed when re-enrolled. You lot may wish to contact the public high school y'all intend to enroll your child(ren) to determine what it may crave.

Single Family Homeschools:

The school administrator, often the parent or guardian, must

  • Withdraw their student(s) from the homeschool
  • Re-print the Acknowledgement Letter showing the student(south) has/accept been withdrawn
  • Take the Acknowledgement Letter and an accurate bookish portfolio to the public school

Multi-Family Homeschools and Individual Schools:

The school administrator must

  • Withdraw the educatee(s) from the homeschool
  • Provide a re-create of the Acknowledgement Letter of the alphabet showing the student(southward) has/have been withdrawn to the parent/guardian

The parent/guardian must

  • Take the provided Acknowledgement Letter and an authentic academic portfolio to the public school

Please note, if a student returns to public school in Delaware, it is the public school's determination which class level a pupil is placed when re-enrolled into a public school.

Moving To or From Delaware[ Back to Elevation ]

If y'all are moving to Delaware from another state and enrolling your student into a Delaware nonpublic school, y'all are non required to provide the Delaware Section of Education with whatsoever academic records from your previous State of residency. Still, if you are enrolling into a Private School, they may crave these records. If you are opening a homeschool, delight follow the awarding steps. You will not need to withdraw your student from a Delaware public schoolhouse district.

If you are moving from Delaware to another state, delight be certain to submit a Support Request Form. Select Schoolhouse Closure from the dropdown. Be sure to let us know you are moving out of the State of Delaware and the closure date. Once your school is closed, we encourage you to print a terminal copy of the Acknowledgement Letter of the alphabet for your records showing the school equally closed and your student(due south) as withdrawn.

Truancy[ Back to Pinnacle ]

If a public school commune has an open truancy example involving a educatee pending enrollment into a homeschool, that pupil will exist denied enrollment by the DDOE.

If a public school district is preparing to file truancy simply a pupil is enrolled into a homeschool before they exercise so, the public school district may still cull to pursue truancy charges.

Enrollment into a nonpublic school should not be used as a way to avoid truancy charges.