Home Instruction By Parents
Application Process
The application process, monitoring of student progress, school re-entry, legal requirements, and reporting responsibilities are supervised by the Supervisor of Secondary Counseling and Student Support Services and the Supervisor of Elementary Counseling and Related Services.
2019-2020 Home Instruction Forms
New Year Packet (PDF)
(Includes process overview, notice of intent and description of curriculum)
Other forms:
Notice of Intent to Discontinue Home Instruction (PDF)
Home Instruction Regulation 722-2 (PDF)
School Entrance Health Form (PDF)
Home Instruction Partial Enrollment
The Prince William County School Board allows partial enrollment of home instruction/private school students for up to two credit-bearing high school courses per semester. For more information, please contact your zoned high school to schedule a registration appointment.
Testing Opportunities
High school-aged home instruction students may participate in Advanced Placement (AP) and Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) examinations and are eligible to receive free AP and PSAT testing opportunities to the same extent as students enrolled in Prince William County Public Schools. If a student wishes to participate in PSAT or AP Testing for the 2019-2020 school year, the parents must notify the school no later than:
September 15 - PSAT
October 15 - AP Tests
A $40 fee will be incurred for any AP test order submitted after October 30, 2019.
Parents may contact the school counseling department of their child's base high school to declare their intent to test.
PSAT Date
SAT: Test Dates and Registration Deadlines
AP Exam Calendar
Military-Connected Student Support
2018-2019 Home Instruction Forms