Nonpublic School Reporting Requirements to Resident School Districts

Accredited by a state-recognized accrediting agency

If your nonpublic school is currently accredited by a Minnesota-state recognized accrediting agency, Minnesota’s Compulsory Instruction statutes (sections 120A.22, 120A.24 and 120A.26) require you to submit the name, birthdate and address of each student ages 7-17 to each student’s resident public school superintendent by October 1 of each year. Because of your accreditation, you are waived from the requirement to come to an agreement on a nationally normed achievement test.

• List of state-recognized accrediting agencies

Unaccredited by a state-recognized accrediting agency

• Initial Registration Form for Unaccredited Schools
• Letter of Intent to Continue to Provide Instruction
• Fact Finding and Mediation for Noncompliance with Reporting Requirement

Nonpublic Pupil Aids

Nonpublic schools and homeschools may elect to receive Aids to Nonpublic Students. Nonpublic schools and homeschools must request this aid from their local school district by September 15 using a form provided by the superintendent’s office.

• Aids to Nonpublic Students
• Aids to Nonpublic Students Complaint Form

• K-12 Accredited Nonpublic School Questions and Answers - 1/25/21
  This document answers many questions related to regular K-12 nonpublic schools that are accredited by a Minnesota state-recognized accrediting agency.
• Accrediting Agencies Whose Schools Have Reduced Reporting Requirements - 8/10/20
  Nonpublic schools, including homeschools, that are directly accredited by one of the accrediting organizations on this list have reduced reporting requirements to their students' local school superintendents under Minnesota's Compulsory Instruction Statute.
• Initial Registration Form for Unaccredited Schools - 9/5/19
  This form is to be submitted to resident school superintendents by October 1 of each year, or within 15 days of withdrawing a child from public school. Revised April 2015.
• Letter of Intent to Continue to Provide Instruction - 8/29/19
  This form is to be submitted to the resident school superintendent by October 1 of each year after the instructor has provided the same district with an Initial Registration Form. Revised April 2015.