Read and understand the Hawaii Board of Education's Procedures for Home Schooling in the publication Compulsory Attendance Exceptions. You will need to refer to sections 8-12-13 through 8-12-22.
Find your child’s neighborhood public school, and gather the contact information for school officials. Send a notice of intent to home school to the local public school principal. You can use the Form 4140 “Exceptions to Compulsory Education” or you can create your own letter of intent. The requirements for the letter of intent are found in the Compulsory Attendance Exceptions publication.
Include the necessary information if you choose to write a letter of intent to home school. You will need to include the following: name, address, phone number, birth date of the child, grade lever of the child, and a parent’s signature.
Plan out the curriculum you will use. Find a record keeping system that works best for your family. Keep records of the curriculum plan. Take note of the dates of the beginning and end of the curriculum used. Log the hours spent in instruction, and take note of the bibliographical information of all the textbooks and resources you use. Refer to the Compulsory Attendance Exceptions publication to find what subject matter the curriculum should be based on. You will find a link to it in our Resources section.
Ensure that the child or children being home schooled are being taught according to their abilities and needs. Don't pressure a child to advance too quickly, and don't hold back a thriving child based upon his age.
Submit an “Annual Report of Child’s Progress” at the end of each school year. Refer to the Compulsory Attendance Exceptions, section 8-12-18 for detailed information. A parent can complete the progress report as long as all necessary information, including samples of the student's work, is provided to the neighborhood public school principal.
Prepare home schooled students in the 3rd, 5th, 8th, and 10th grade for standardized testing. Sign your child/children up for the test(s), pay all fees and ensure that the testing is completed. An annual report is not to be submitted for these grades.