SUNY New Paltz follows the Sate University of New York’s position that home schooled students in New York State need to have followed the prescribed format for home schooling as listed in the Commissioner of Education’s Regulations-Section 100.10.

For undergraduate admission consideration, SUNY New Paltz will require from home schooled applicants the following:

A copy of the approved Individualized Home Instruction Plan (IHIP) for each year of high school home schooling to include:

• The child’s name, age and approximate grade level;
• List of syllabi, curriculum materials, textbooks, plan of instruction;
• List of courses taken (these must comply with the minimum course requirements listed in Section 100.10 of the Commissioner’s Regulations);
• Copies of quarterly reports to the local school district (as per Section 100.10);
• The annual assessment in accordance with Section 100.10.  If Regents examinations are taken at the conclusion of appropriate courses, the results of these examinations must be included with the annual assessments.

Home schooled students must provide documentation of successful completion of the high school home school program.
This can be done by one of these methods:

• Providing an official notation of completion from the local school district;
• Providing the official score report of the GED examination;
• Providing a college transcript indicating the student has taken and successfully completed 24 college credits in accordance with the Commissioner’s Regulations.

A national matriculation examination from a foreign country nor a diploma from a non-New York State Education department approved correspondence high school will not be honored as evidence of graduation.

This documentation request is in addition to the general undergraduate admission requirements in effect at the time of application.