Dear Parents and Families:

Please review this very important information from the State Public Charter School Commission regarding the education of your former Hālau Lōkahi student.

If State records show that you are homeschooling your child and have listed Hālau Lōkahi Charter School as his or her "base" school, you must change the “base” school to your Department of Education (DOE) home school as soon as possible to ensure your child meets the compulsory attendance exceptions as required by law for the coming school year. As you may know, Hālau Lōkahi will be closing on Friday, May 29, 2015.

Please follow these steps to change your child's "base" school:

  1. Identify or confirm your child's assigned Department of Education (DOE) home school, by inputting your address into the DOE’s online School Finder tool at the following link: http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ParentsAndStudents/EnrollingInSchool/SchoolFinder/Pages/home.aspx
  2. Complete the OCISS Form 4140, Exceptions to Compulsory Attendance.
  3. Send the completed OCISS Form 4140 to your child's DOE home school.

Upon receipt of your completed Form 4140, the DOE school will acknowledge the notice by sending you a copy of the 4140 once it is approved, signed, and dated by the school’s Principal and by the Complex Area Superintendent.The DOE school then will be responsible for monitoring your child's progress via the annual progress reports and any testing.

If instead of continuing with homeschooling you intend to enroll your child into a DOE school, please follow the instructions found on the DOE's website at this link: http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ParentsAndStudents/EnrollingInSchool/HowToEnroll/Pages/home.aspx

If you will be enrolling your child in another public charter school, please follow the instructions provided by that school.

Hālau Lōkahi will be transferring its student records to the Commission upon closure. Please be aware that Hālau Lōkahi student records may be incomplete or missing. If any records for your child are found, the Commission will forward them to your child's assigned DOE “base” school for homeschooling, new DOE school, or new charter school once you have completed one of the above alternatives.

If your child has transferred to a private school, moved out of Hawaii, or graduated from high school, please send a written letter of this the Commission to: State Public Charter School Commission, 1111 Bishop Street, Suite 516, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813 or info@spcsc.hawaii.gov. Upon receipt of your notice, your child's status will be updated in the DOE’s enrollment system.

Please be aware that if, by the start of next school year, you have not: 1) submitted the homeschooling Form 4140 to your child's DOE home school, or 2) enrolled your child in another DOE or charter school; or 3) notified the Commission that your child has enrolled in a private school, moved out of the State of Hawaii, or graduated, your child will need to be identified as truant and may be referred to Family Court for follow up action.

Please contact the Commission staff at (808) 586-3775 or info@spcsc.hawaii.gov if you have any questions. Thank you for your attention to this notice.