Parents shall provide notification of their intent to provide their children with a home-based education program:
- at least 30 days before commencing a new home-based education program in September of a given year, and in any event by August 15 of that year;
- at least 30 days before the oldest student on the program turns seven years of age;
- within 30 days of establishing residence in a new school division; or - at least 30 days before intending to withdraw a student of compulsory school age from a public school, separate school, fransaskois school, or registered independent school.
A registering authority may not refuse to register a home-based education program on the grounds that the parents failed to comply with one of the above 30-day requirements, where a reasonable attempt to comply was made.
Parents shall attach their written educational plan to their notification form.
Parents are required to complete only one notification form and one written educational plan for their home-based education program, no matter how many students are receiving instruction on the program. However, the registering authority will register each student on the program individually.
In the first instance, parents must notify the board of education of the school division in which they are resident of their intent to educate their children on a home-based education program. If parents send their notification form and written educational plan to Saskatchewan Ministry of Education, they must provide compelling reasons for doing so.