Homeschooling in Hawaii (HI): Requirements, Law & Standards

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No mandatory minimum hours/days specified for homeschoolers in Chapter 12.

Hawaii homeschooling is governed by Hawaii Administrative Rules Title 8, Chapter 12 (Compulsory Attendance Exceptions, §§8-12-1 to 8-12-22), implementing HRS §302A-1132. Parents file a one-time notice of intent with the local principal (Form 4140 or signed letter). The parent is deemed a qualified instructor (§8-12-19) and is responsible for the child's total educational program. Standardized test scores are required at grades 3, 5, 8, and 10 (§8-12-18), and an annual progress report must be submitted each year. The parent keeps (but does not submit) a curriculum record (§8-12-15). No course credits / Carnegie units are granted for homeschool time (§8-12-20).

Parent must provide the local public school principal a notice of intent to home educate BEFORE initiating homeschooling (HAR §8-12-13). May be submitted on HIDOE Form 4140 (OIS-4140) or a signed letter containing the child's name, address, telephone number, birthdate, and grade level. The notice is acknowledged by the principal and district superintendent and is for recordkeeping. It need NOT be resubmitted annually if the annual progress report is filed, except when transferring to a new local public school (e.g., elementary to intermediate).

Parent must keep a record of the planned curriculum (§8-12-15): commencement/ending dates, hours per week of instruction, subject areas covered, the method used to determine mastery, and a list of textbooks/instructional materials in standard bibliographical format. The record is kept by the parent and shared with the principal only if progress is questioned.

Language arts / English
Mathematics
Social studies
Science
Health
Physical education
Art (elementary)
Music (elementary)
Guidance (secondary)


Math	Hawaii Common Core (CCSS-M)
ELA	Hawaii Common Core (CCSS-ELA/Literacy)
Science	Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
Social Studies	Hawaiʻi Core Standards for Social Studies (HCSSS)

· Hawaiʻi Core Standards for Social Studies (HCSSS) · 179


K	SS.K.1.7.3	Compare roles and responsibilities of self and others at home, at school, and in neighborhood settings
K	SS.K.1.8.1	Compare rules that apply in different settings and evaluate the consequences of following or not following rules
K	SS.K.1.8.2	Determine ways that people can work together effectively to make decisions
K	SS.K.2.17.1	Sequence important events in your life
K	SS.K.2.18.3	Describe an event from two different perspectives
K	SS.K.2.19.2	Explain the effects of an event in your life
K	SS.K.3.10.2	Describe differences between needs and wants
K	SS.K.3.13.3	Examine physical characteristics on maps and globes using positional words
K	SS.K.3.15.4	Describe how and why people move from place to place
K	SS.K.3.9.1	Give examples of how scarcity affects your daily choices
1	SS.1.1.13.3	Use maps and map features to describe places
1	SS.1.1.7.1	Explain shared democratic values
1	SS.1.1.8.2	Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and listen attentively to others
1	SS.1.2.13.2	Describe some physical features of continents and oceans in the world
1	SS.1.2.14.3	Investigate cultural and environmental characteristics of your community
1	SS.1.2.14.4	Describe the ways climate, weather, and natural disasters affect your community
1	SS.1.2.9.1	Explain how scarcity is a result of limited resources
1	SS.1.3.17.1	Investigate historically significant events, people, and observances in history
1	SS.1.3.17.3	Compare life in the past to life today
1	SS.1.3.18.2	Compare fact and opinion in stories and narratives from the past
1	SS.1.4.10.1	Compare differences between goods and services
1	SS.1.4.10.2	Identify different ways of acquiring what you need and want
1	SS.1.4.19.3	Explain causes and effects of an event in your life or in your family's life
2	SS.2.1.18.3	Describe how significant people and events have shaped communities and places now and in the past
2	SS.2.1.6.1	Investigate school, community, and national leaders and their responsibilities
2	SS.2.1.7.2	Describe how historical figures exemplify our shared democratic values
2	SS.2.2.14.1	Explain how human activities impact the environment
2	SS.2.2.17.2	Construct timelines that sequence historical events
2	SS.2.2.18.3	Compare varying perspectives on historical events
2	SS.2.3.10.1	Compare goods and services that are produced locally and globally
2	SS.2.3.11.3	Describe public goods and services the government provides
2	SS.2.3.12.2	Examine how people are dependent on others for goods and services they cannot produce themselves
2	SS.2.3.13.4	Describe major geographic features of places using maps, photos, and other geographic representations
2	SS.2.3.14.5	Compare a variety of the Earth's natural resources and how people use them
2	SS.2.4.16.2	Investigate how people in your community rely on local and global resources to meet their daily needs
2	SS.2.4.8.3	Develop logical solutions to various community problems
2	SS.2.4.9.1	Explain how scarcity of resources affects the cost of goods and services
2	SS.2.4.9.4	Determine costs and benefits of saving money
3	SS.3.1.19.3	Explain how groups have worked to effect change in American society
3	SS.3.1.7.2	Describe the relationship between authority and power
3	SS.3.1.8.1	Explore how people can change rules and laws, and how these changes affect society
3	SS.3.2.10.2	Explain how public goods and services support community needs
3	SS.3.2.6.5	Explain the purpose of various government functions
3	SS.3.2.7.3	Explain how to be a responsible and active citizen in a democracy
3	SS.3.2.7.4	Explain how democratic rights promote equality and opportunity
3	SS.3.3.13.1	Analyze how geographical features affect human life in local communities and those around the world
3	SS.3.3.14.4	Analyze how cultural practices create and influence communities
3	SS.3.3.15.2	Investigate factors that influence why people migrate and where they settle
3	SS.3.3.16.3	Compare the ways people, goods, and ideas move from place to place
3	SS.3.3.17.5	Analyze connections among historical events using a timeline
3	SS.3.4.14.2	Analyze ways the environment of a community changes over time in various world regions
3	SS.3.4.16.3	Analyze the effects of disasters on people around the world
3	SS.3.4.18.4	Assess the reliability and accuracy of differing historical accounts
3	SS.3.4.9.1	Compare ways that people are addressing the issue of limited natural resources
4	SS.4.1.15.3	Explain how voyaging skills and canoe design allowed Polynesians to travel from Asia throughout the Pacific to Hawaiʻi
4	SS.4.1.18.1	Describe how early Hawaiians viewed the creation of the world and their environment through oral traditions
4	SS.4.1.18.2	Summarize migration stories passed down through Hawaiian oral tradition
4	SS.4.2.13.1	Identify major geographic characteristics of the Hawaiian archipelago, including its relative location to other land masses
4	SS.4.2.14.3	Describe how the original settlers modified their environment
4	SS.4.2.16.2	Explain how geographic characteristics of the islands influenced locations of early settlements
4	SS.4.3.10.1	Analyze how early Hawaiians used natural resources to meet their needs
4	SS.4.4.7.2	Explain how core values of the early Hawaiians are applicable to modern-day Hawaiʻi
4	SS.4.5.6.1	Investigate the roles of gods in early Hawaiian society
4	SS.4.6.8.1	Explain how the kapu system regulated people's behavior and lives
4	SS.4.7.10.2	Analyze how specialization of labor and the exchange of goods and services created a successful interdependent society in the ahupuaʻa
4	SS.4.7.14.1	Use maps and illustrations to explain how Hawaiians used and modified land in the ahupuaʻa
4	SS.4.8.17.2	Analyze major events that led to the unification of Hawaiʻi Island by Kamehameha I
4	SS.4.8.8.1	Explain the roles and responsibilities of the aliʻi in governing Hawaiian society
5	SS.5.1.14.1	Explain how the geography of North America shaped the development of Native American societies
5	SS.5.1.17.2	Compare elements of culture in early Native American societies
5	SS.5.2.19.1	Compare motivations of European powers in the exploration and conquest of the New World
5	SS.5.2.19.2	Analyze the impact of European discovery and settlement on Native Americans
5	SS.5.3.15.1	Analyze how European culture influenced the development of settlements in North America
5	SS.5.3.8.2	Explain the role of government in the establishment of early English settlements
5	SS.5.4.10.2	Compare labor systems and their socioeconomic impact on Colonial America
5	SS.5.4.15.1	Explain the system and impact of the transatlantic slave trade
5	SS.5.5.15.1	Draw conclusions about how the physical geography of the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies shaped their economies
5	SS.5.5.18.2	Explain the roles of women in Colonial America
5	SS.5.6.19.1	Analyze how economic and political conflicts between the colonies and England led to the American Revolution
5	SS.5.6.7.2	Explain how principles in the Declaration of Independence became unifying ideas of American democracy
6	SS.6.1.14.1	Compare cultural characteristics of early river valley civilizations
6	SS.6.1.6.2	Explain the connection between politics and religion in the complex societies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China
6	SS.6.2.16.3	Evaluate the lasting impact of philosophy, art, science, and technology of Classical Greece, Rome, India, and China
6	SS.6.2.19.4	Compare causes of decline in the Roman, Han, and Gupta empires
6	SS.6.2.6.1	Describe cultural and political structures in classical eastern societies
6	SS.6.3.14.1	Explain how religion and philosophy shaped European, Asian, and Middle Eastern societies during the classical period
6	SS.6.5.10.1	Describe how trade networks and the transfer of goods and ideas linked post-classical societies
6	SS.6.6.15.1	Explain how encounters and exchanges of the Mongols linked the world
6	SS.6.7.16.1	Compare cultural and technological innovations of the Olmec, Mayan, Aztec, and Inca civilizations
6	SS.6.8.17.2	Analyze social, political, and economic effects of the Black Death on Europe
6	SS.6.8.19.3	Explain the rise of the European Renaissance
7	SS.7HHK.1.17.1	Analyze the role of individuals, events, and ideas leading to the unification of the Hawaiian Kingdom
7	SS.7HHK.1.18.2	Compare and contrast Hawaiian and Western perspectives on the arrival of James Cook
7	SS.7HHK.1.6.3	Assess the changes initiated by Kamehameha I on Hawaiian society after unification
7	SS.7HHK.2.17.1	Assess the impact of the abolishment of the kapu system
7	SS.7HHK.2.9.3	Analyze how the sandalwood and whaling industries impacted Hawaiʻi's economy
7	SS.7HHK.3.15.1	Analyze the causes and impacts of immigration of various ethnic groups for plantation labor
7	SS.7HHK.3.8.2	Explain the processes, ideas, and people's roles involved in the transition from absolute monarchy
7	SS.7HHK.4.12.1	Evaluate the political and economic developments leading to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
7	SS.7HHK.4.18.2	Compare and contrast perspectives of proponents and opponents of the 1893 overthrow
8	SS.8.1.6.1	Examine how challenges the government faced were resolved at the Constitutional Convention
8	SS.8.1.6.2	Explain the structure and powers of the three branches of the federal government
8	SS.8.1.7.3	Analyze how the Bill of Rights protects individual liberties from the national government
8	SS.8.2.17.1	Analyze citizenship and voting rights in early America
8	SS.8.3.19.1	Analyze the ideological and socioeconomic reasons for U.S. territorial expansion
8	SS.8.3.19.4	Assess the effects of U.S. expansion on Native Americans in terms of population loss, land dispossession, and culture
8	SS.8.4.9.1	Analyze how economic growth and industrialization transformed daily life
8	SS.8.5.9.1	Analyze how slavery shaped the economic development of the North and South
8	SS.8.6.7.2	Evaluate the effectiveness of 19th-century reform movements
8	SS.8.7.19.1	Explain how conflicts over slavery led the North and South to war
8	SS.8.8.17.2	Assess how the end of Reconstruction affected African Americans
8	SS.8.8.8.1	Assess the efforts of the federal government and African Americans to forge a new political and social order after emancipation
Modern History of Hawaii (9-12)	SS.MHH.1.18.4	Analyze multiple perspectives on the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy and annexation
Modern History of Hawaii (9-12)	SS.MHH.1.19.1	Examine the long-term causes and triggering events, people, and ideas behind the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy
Modern History of Hawaii (9-12)	SS.MHH.1.19.2	Analyze the political issues that emerged from the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy
Modern History of Hawaii (9-12)	SS.MHH.1.19.3	Assess the argument over the legality of the annexation of Hawaii
Modern History of Hawaii (9-12)	SS.MHH.2.10.2	Explain the development of organized labor on plantations
Modern History of Hawaii (9-12)	SS.MHH.2.14.3	Analyze environmental changes that resulted from the plantation system
Modern History of Hawaii (9-12)	SS.MHH.2.15.1	Compare the causes and effects of migration to and from Hawaii before and after the overthrow
Modern History of Hawaii (9-12)	SS.MHH.3.16.1	Analyze Hawaii's position in the geopolitics surrounding the bombing of Pearl Harbor
Modern History of Hawaii (9-12)	SS.MHH.3.17.3	Compare and contrast the internment of Japanese Americans on the West Coast with those in Hawaii
Modern History of Hawaii (9-12)	SS.MHH.3.19.2	Analyze the local sociopolitical effects of the bombing of Pearl Harbor
Modern History of Hawaii (9-12)	SS.MHH.3.19.4	Analyze the causes and effects of the Democratic Revolution of 1954
Modern History of Hawaii (9-12)	SS.MHH.4.19.2	Analyze the causes and sociopolitical impact of the Hawaiian Renaissance
Modern History of Hawaii (9-12)	SS.MHH.4.9.1	Determine the socioeconomic effects of the decline of agriculture, growth of the tourism industry, and continued military presence
Participation in a Democracy (9-12)	SS.PID.1.11.3	Explain the perspective of both Hamilton and Jefferson on the optimal strength of the federal government and its role in the national economy
Participation in a Democracy (9-12)	SS.PID.1.17.1	Evaluate the extent to which classical philosophy, natural rights philosophy, and English common law informed the thinking of the American Founders
Participation in a Democracy (9-12)	SS.PID.1.19.2	Analyze the problems and compromises that shaped the United States Constitution
Participation in a Democracy (9-12)	SS.PID.2.6.1	Explain how the American Constitution embodies the principles of rule of law, popular sovereignty, separation of powers, checks and balances, and limited government
Participation in a Democracy (9-12)	SS.PID.2.8.2	Analyze the role of the three branches of government in the lawmaking process
Participation in a Democracy (9-12)	SS.PID.3.17.1	Explain the significance and impact of landmark Supreme Court cases in American history
Participation in a Democracy (9-12)	SS.PID.3.7.2	Assess the importance of exercising the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy
Participation in a Democracy (9-12)	SS.PID.4.10.2	Analyze how the government affects the economic well-being of its citizens
Participation in a Democracy (9-12)	SS.PID.4.16.3	Evaluate the degree to which the United States affects and is affected by geopolitics and international economics
Participation in a Democracy (9-12)	SS.PID.4.7.1	Draw conclusions about the role of policy makers, interest groups, and the media in shaping public policy
Participation in a Democracy (9-12)	SS.PID.5.7.1	Plan and demonstrate some ways in which an active citizen can effect change in the community, state, nation, or world
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.1.16.1	Analyze reasons groups migrated to and within the United States
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.1.8.2	Assess effects of anti-immigrant politics on public policy
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.10.11.2	Evaluate the impact of Great Society-era policies in addressing economic, social, and environmental conditions
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.10.6.1	Evaluate the effectiveness of civil rights organizations and actions in overcoming racial segregation
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.10.6.3	Assess the impact of student movements and counter culture on American politics and society
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.11.17.1	Analyze the rise of conservatism in the United States
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.11.8.2	Assess the social and political impact of conservatism in the United States
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.12.16.2	Analyze U.S. responses to global challenges and crises
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.12.8.1	Evaluate popular and government responses to emerging domestic challenges
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.2.10.1	Analyze features of distinct market structures and government efforts to influence them
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.2.7.2	Assess how business magnates came to dominate politics in the Gilded Age
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.3.15.1	Analyze the benefits and challenges associated with rapidly growing urban areas
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.3.7.3	Analyze the development of the women's suffrage movement over time and its legacy
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.3.8.2	Assess the efforts of Progressive Era reform movements to improve society, government, business, and the environment
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.4.16.2	Evaluate the effects of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.4.19.1	Analyze the factors that enabled the United States to become an imperial power
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.5.19.1	Distinguish between the long-term causes and triggering events that led the United States into World War I
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.5.8.2	Evaluate wartime restrictions on civil liberties
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.6.11.1	Assess how innovations in transportation, communication, and finance changed American society
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.6.18.2	Compare rival perspectives on economic, social, and religious conflicts in the 1920s
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.7.10.3	Assess the impact and legacy of New Deal relief, recovery, and reform programs
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.7.11.2	Analyze how the decline in production and spending affected Americans during the Great Depression
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.8.19.1	Explain the historical developments and policies that resulted in the United States entering World War II
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.8.19.3	Analyze the role of the United States in the outcome of World War II in the European and the Pacific theaters
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.9.17.2	Analyze how U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War shaped conflicts in Asia and the Americas
United States History and Government (9-12)	SS.US.9.19.1	Explain how political ideology shaped the post-war order and led to the Soviet-U.S. arms race
World History and Culture (9-12)	SS.WH.1.15.3	Assess the effects of the Atlantic slave trade
World History and Culture (9-12)	SS.WH.1.16.4	Evaluate the impact of the Columbian Exchange of food crops, diseases, and trade goods between Europe and the Americas
World History and Culture (9-12)	SS.WH.1.17.1	Explain how the ideas of the Renaissance and Reformation motivated exploration and conquest
World History and Culture (9-12)	SS.WH.2.16.2	Explain the economic motives of the British and Dutch empires in the conquest of India and Southeast Asia
World History and Culture (9-12)	SS.WH.2.6.1	Compare the political structures of the Ottoman Empire, Qing Dynasty, and Tokugawa Japan
World History and Culture (9-12)	SS.WH.3.12.2	Analyze the positive and negative impacts of the Industrial Revolution in the Americas, Asia, and Africa
World History and Culture (9-12)	SS.WH.3.19.1	Explain how social changes and technological innovations in Britain led to the rise and spread of the Industrial Revolution in the late 1700s
World History and Culture (9-12)	SS.WH.4.16.2	Compare methods of imperialism during the late 1800s in Asia and Africa
World History and Culture (9-12)	SS.WH.4.17.1	Analyze the motives that drove European and Japanese imperialism
World History and Culture (9-12)	SS.WH.5.19.1	Explain the impact of the Scientific Revolution on the rise of the Enlightenment
World History and Culture (9-12)	SS.WH.5.19.3	Compare causes and effects of modern revolutions
World History and Culture (9-12)	SS.WH.6.17.4	Analyze the human costs of WWII, including the Holocaust
World History and Culture (9-12)	SS.WH.6.19.2	Explain the causes of the rise of totalitarian regimes during the post-WWI period
World History and Culture (9-12)	SS.WH.7.18.4	Analyze how the Cold War led to global conflict in Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America
World History and Culture (9-12)	SS.WH.7.19.1	Analyze the causes and effects of decolonization in India, Algeria, and Kenya after WWII
World History and Culture (9-12)	SS.WH.8.12.1	Analyze the factors affecting climate change and global sustainability
World History and Culture (9-12)	SS.WH.8.7.2	Analyze human rights violations and propose solutions to them

Is homeschooling legal in Hawaii?

Yes. Hawaii homeschooling is governed by Hawaii Administrative Rules Title 8, Chapter 12 (Compulsory Attendance Exceptions, §§8-12-1 to 8-12-22), implementing HRS §302A-1132.

Do I have to notify anyone to homeschool in Hawaii?

Is standardized testing required for homeschoolers in Hawaii?

Yes (grades 3, 5, 8, 10). Parent must keep a record of the planned curriculum (§8-12-15): commencement/ending dates, hours per week of instruction, subject areas covered, the method used to determine mastery, and a list of textbooks/instructional materials in standard bibliographical format. The record is kept by the parent and shared with the principal only if progress is questioned.

What subjects are required for homeschooling in Hawaii?

Hawaii requires instruction in: Language arts / English; Mathematics; Social studies; Science; Health; Physical education; Art (elementary); Music (elementary); Guidance (secondary).

Does Hawaii have its own learning standards?

Math: Hawaii Common Core (CCSS-M). ELA: Hawaii Common Core (CCSS-ELA/Literacy). Science: Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Social studies: Hawaiʻi Core Standards for Social Studies (HCSSS).

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