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SPRING 2020

HOMESCHOOL IOWA 23

Similarities

Differences

• CPI Report Form A must be filed with your resident

school district by Sept 1st or within 2 weeks of

removing your child from school.

• Dual enrollment is permitted allowing students access

to public school services, activities, classes, and

materials as available from the school district and as

the student meets the eligibility requirements. Dual

enrolled CPI students must receive at least 1/4 of their

instruction via Competent Private Instruction.

• AEA and public school services are available to special

needs students educated under CPI guidelines

through dual enrollment.

• Eligible for Parent Taught Driver Education.

• Parents must provide at least 148 days of instruction

per school year, with 37 days per school quarter.

• CPI Option 1 with Teacher of Your Choice: You must retain a

teacher with a valid Iowa teaching certificate or practitioner

license appropriate to the grade level of your student and

include that teacher’s name and folder number on the CPI

Report Form A. Teachers must meet with the student and

parents at least twice ever 45 days of instruction and one

out of every two visits must be face-to-face.

• CPI Option 1 with HSAP* Teacher: Students must be

enrolled in the HSAP then the public school will assign a

HSAP supervising teacher. The HSAP teacher must meet

with the student and parent at least four times every 45

days of instruction and one out of ever two visits must be

face-to-face.

• CPI Option 2, with Opt-In Reporting: Annual assessment

must be completed by May 1 and the results filed by June

30th. Acceptable assessments are listed on our website.

Homeschool Options

in Iowa

An Overview Chart

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NETWORK OF IOWA CHRISTIAN HOME EDUCATORS

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IPI

Options with no initial reporting

and no public school services

Independent Private Instruction or

Competent Private Instruction Option 2 with Opt-Out Reporting

CPI

Option 2

with Opt-Out

Reporting

Similarities

Differences

• No initial filing requirements.

• Can receive free testing at their

resident public school.

• Eligible for Parent Taught Driver

Education.

• Access to public school driver

education without dual-

enrollment.

• Access to one specific component

of Senior Year Plus: concurrent

enrollment classes at Iowa

Community colleges.

• No AEA or public school services

available for special needs students.

• Home educators operating under the IPI guidelines may instruct up to four

unrelated students, although no payment may be received for the instruction.

The instruction of unrelated students is not addressed under CPI.

• IPI: Parents must provide instruction in these 5 subjects: reading, language

arts, mathematics, science and social studies, but there is no legally defined

minimal number of instructional days.

• CPI Option 2 with Opt-Out: Has no required subjects but does require parents

to provide at least 148 days of instruction per school year, with 37 days per

school quarter.

• Follow-up Reporting: IPI parents are required to respond to a written request

for information about IPI programs from the Iowa Department of Education

or local school district superintendent.

(Visit our website for a form to help

you respond to a request for this information.)

CPI Option 2 with Opt-Out has

no initial or follow-up reporting requirements.

Options with reporting and

access to public school services

Competent Private Instruction Option 1 (with your chosen

teacher or a HSAP* teacher) or Option 2 with Opt-In Reporting

*Public School Home School Assistance Program

CPI

Option 2

with Opt-In

Reporting

CPI

Option 1

w/ Teacher of

your choice

CPI

Option 1

w/ HSAP*

Teacher