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Sweden homeschool checklist
Notice and filing
- Notification: Yes, once
- What to file: Ansökan om hemundervisning
- When: Before starting homeschooling
- Where: Kommunens utbildningsnämnd
- How to submit: In writing to municipality
- What to include
- Detailed reasons for exception, education plan equivalent to grundskola curriculum
Subjects and hours
- Instruction: Must provide education equivalent to municipal schools
Records to keep
- Records: Education plan and progress records for municipal review
Testing and assessment
- Testing: Municipal assessment of equivalence required
- Assessment: Ongoing municipal oversight
Deadlines
- Application for exceptional permission: Before July 1 school year start
- Notification of alternative schooling: Recurring: before July 1 annually
Contacts and official sources
- Skollagen (2010:800) fulltext (www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/skollag-2010800_sfs-2010-800)
- Skollagen kapitel 7 skolplikt (rkrattsbaser.gov.se/sfstb/document?id=sfs-2010-800#K7)
- Skolverket skolplikt (www.skolverket.se/regler-och-ansvar/ansvar-skola/skolplikt)