Home Schooling Regulations
Regulation- Registration
- R-090-96
- Source
- Unofficial consolidation PDF (justice.gov.nt.ca)
- Under
- Education Act
This is an unofficial reading copy parsed from the Department of Justice consolidation PDF above — itself an office consolidation, not an official statement of the law. The authoritative text is in the Revised Statutes of the Northwest Territories, 1988 and the annual Statutes volumes.
The Minister, under section 151 of the Education Act, S.N.W.T. 1995, c.28, and every enabling power, makes the Home Schooling Regulations.
Interpretation
In these regulations,
"Act" means the Education Act; (Loi)
"education body" means the commission scolaire francophone de division or District Education Authority that supervises a home schooling program; (organisme scolaire)
"principal" means the principal responsible for the school with which a student attending a home schooling program is registered. (directeur d’école)
Duties of a Parent
A parent conducting a home schooling program shall
(a) have the primary responsibility for the provision of the home schooling program;
(b) ensure that the home schooling program fulfils the curriculum standards set by the Minister for the education program;
(c) agree with the principal on a method of assessment of the student that is consistent with the home schooling program;
(d) provide the information requested by the principal respecting the program of education to be used for the home schooling program to the principal at the beginning of the academic year;
(e) provide to the principal, twice during the academic year, a sampling of assessments that show the progress of the student in the home schooling program;
(f) twice during the academic year, discuss the progress of the student with the principal;
(g) make all reasonable efforts to implement any changes, suggested by the principal or the Superintendent, to the home schooling program that would improve the progress of the student; and
(h) meet with the principal or the Superintendent to discuss any recommendations that the principal or Superintendent make regarding the home schooling program.
A parent may share the responsibility for the home schooling of a child with the parent of another child who is receiving home schooling.
Duties of a Principal
(1) The principal shall
(a) wherever possible, provide access to school facilities and provide support for parents providing home schooling;
(b) agree with parents providing home schooling on a method of assessment of the students that is consistent with the home schooling program;
(c) twice during the academic year, discuss the progress of the students with parents providing home schooling; and
(d) report annually to the Superintendent regarding the home schooling program and the progress of each student attending home schooling.
(2) The principal may
(a) where the principal is of the opinion that a student attending a home schooling program is not progressing satisfactorily, recommend to a parent providing home schooling ways that the parent may improve the delivery of the home schooling program;
(b) where the principal is of the opinion that a student attending a home schooling program is not progressing satisfactorily, report the progress of the student to the Superintendent at any time;
(c) request the Superintendent to investigate a home schooling program; and
(d) recommend to the Superintendent that a
(3) The principal shall provide a copy of each report made under paragraph (1) (d) to the parent delivering the home schooling program.
(4) Where the principal makes recommendations to a parent for changes to a home schooling program, the principal shall provide a copy of those recommendations to the Superintendent.
(5) The Superintendent may designate a person other than the principal to perform the duties and exercise the powers of a principal under paragraphs (1)(b) to (d) and subsections (2) to (4) and, where such a designation is made, sections 2 and 5 shall be read with such modifications as the circumstances require.
Duties of a Superintendent
(1) The Superintendent shall review each report and recommendation provided by a principal.
(2) Where a principal recommends the termination of a home schooling program, the Superintendent shall
(a) investigate the recommendation by interviewing the parents providing the home schooling program and by reviewing all relevant material; and
(b) recommend, in writing, to the education body, the principal and the parent providing the home schooling program, that the home schooling program
(i) continue,
(ii) continue with the changes the Superintendent considers appropriate, or
(iii) be terminated as of a specified date.
(3) The Superintendent may delegate to a person, by contract or otherwise, the Superintendent's powers and duties in respect of an investigation under paragraph (2)(a) and the delegate shall, on investigation, provide to the Superintendent a report regarding the recommendations of the principal.
Duties of the Education Body
The education body shall, in accordance with the directions of the Minister, provide funding to a parent for program costs related to the delivery of a home schooling program.
(1) The education body shall review recommendations received under section 5 and may continue, continue with changes the education body considers appropriate or terminate a home schooling program.
(2) Where an education body terminates a home schooling program, the education body shall ensure that any affected student has access to the education program.