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Prince William County 1/9/25

HEAV has addressed several concerns relating to information provided on district forms and web pages that were inconsistent with the law. These concerns included requirements that are not prescribed in the law, use of terminology that did not apply to home instruction, and district resources that inaccurately communicated the law.

Prince Williams’ director of college, career, and student support promptly responded to our correspondence and advised the district will be working to update its resources. Their efforts will include exploring ways to alter its home instruction software to better reflect the requirements of the law, updating the terminology and information provided in its resources, indicating additional information requests as “Optional,” and creating a new webpage dedicated to the Virginia-certified tutor or teacher option. Parents should be seeing these updates in the near future.

HEAV is thankful to Prince William for this positive resolution and its commitment to accurately communicating Virginia law and VDOE guidance for home instruction.

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What You Should Know:

All parents are encouraged to contact HEAV for accurate information and forms relating to Virginia’s home education laws. Please remember, it is the parent who is ultimately responsible for knowing and ensuring their compliance with the law.
To assist parents in ensuring their compliance with the compulsory attendance and home instruction laws, we encourage use of HEAV’s Notice of Intent form. It is consistent with the law, case law, and VDOE guidance.
Parents must comply with the law. Public school districts can not add requirements to the law; only the state legislature may do so.
Individuals who have a Virginia teaching license may either file to become a Virginia-certified tutor or teacher under the compulsory attendance law, or they may submit a Notice of Intent to homeschool under the home instruction law.