Home Instruction

Parents who intend to home school their children are required to adhere to the New York State Education Department’s (NYSED) regulations and guidance regarding home instruction.  For more information on home instruction, please visit the NYSED website by clicking here. 

If you intend to home school your child(ren) and live in the North Syracuse Central School District, please submit your letter of intent to home school for each child of compulsory attendance age to be taught at home to:

John Salatte
jsalatte@ocmboces.org
OCM BOCES Regional Home Instruction Service
P.O. Box 4754
Syracuse, NY 13221
Attn: Home Instruction Office

EMAIL will be the main source of communication

You will receive an email acknowledgment receipt of your letter of intent. A complete Individualized Home Instruction Plan (IHIP) must be received within four weeks of the date of receipt of the acknowledgment of the letter of intent to home school or by July 31 of each year, whichever is later.

OCM BOCES, in partnership with the North Syracuse Central School District, will be charged with the responsibility to review each proposed home instruction program and to monitor the progress of students throughout the year.

Parents/guardians may also reference Board of Education policies governing home instruction (Board of Education Policies are available on the BOE website at https://go.boarddocs.com/ny/nscsdny/Board.nsf/Public) and the Commissioner’s Regulation Section 100.10:

• Board of Education Policy 8440:  Home Instruction (Home-schooling)
• Section 100.10: Regulations of the Commissioner of Education – Home Instruction