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Post by Charity on Aug 2, 2004 15:15:58 GMT -5
Posted on Fri, Jul. 30, 2004 State laws and court rulings involving home schooling vary widely State laws and court rulings involving home schooling vary widely. A look at where states stand: • States requiring no notice: Alaska, Idaho, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey. • States requiring parental notification only: California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, Delaware, District of Columbia. • States requiring parents to send notification, test scores and/or professional evaluation of student progress: Hawaii, Oregon, Colorado, South Dakota, Iowa, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Ohio, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida. • States requiring parents to send notification or achievement test scores and/or professional evaluation, plus other requirements: Washington, Utah, North Dakota, Minnesota, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont. Source: Home School Legal Defense Association www.hslda.org |
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Post by em on Oct 9, 2004 19:36:59 GMT -5
I am a homeschooler in Washington state and am well aware of our homeschooling laws.
Therefore I disagree with the following statement:
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States requiring parents to send notification or achievement test scores and/or professional evaluation, plus other requirements: Washington, Utah, North Dakota, Minnesota, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont.
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We are NOT required to send in scores of either acheivement tests or professional evaluations. We are required to file a notification. We must test or have an evaluation done but we keep the results. This is an important point. Please do not state we must submit test scores or evaluations. There is one and only one thing we must submit - our declaration of intent to homeschool form and this is not open for approval.
Everything else concerning our homeschooling is for our eyes only.
thank you
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Post by Charity on Oct 9, 2004 21:02:10 GMT -5
Perhaps you should take your complaint up with HSLDA. That is where the above quote came from dear. Perhaps you know more than they do? You can follow the link I provided and take your complaint to them. If you are going to visit my living room, you should be polite enough to register rather than post a hit and run as a guest.
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Post by Charity on Oct 9, 2004 21:08:04 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Oct 9, 2004 21:10:20 GMT -5
Washington Legal Home Schooling Options: 1 2 Option: 1 Option: 2 Legal Option: Establish and operate a home school Operate under an extension program of an approved private school designed for parents to teach their children at home Attendance: 180 days or in grades 1-12 "an annual average total instructional hour offering of one thousand hours." 180 days or in grades 1-12 "an annual average total instructional hour offering of one thousand hours." Subjects: Occupational education, science, math, language, social studies, history, health, reading, writing, spelling, music and art appreciation Occupational education, science, math, language, social studies, history, health, reading, writing, spelling, music and art appreciation Qualifications: Either: 1) be supervised by a certified teacher, or 2) have 45 college quarter credit hours or completed a course in home education, or 3) be deemed qualified by the local superintendent Must be under the supervision of a certified teacher employed by the approved private school Notice: File an annual notice of intent with the local (or applicable nonresident) superintendent by September 15 or within two weeks of the start of any public school quarter None Recordkeeping: Maintain standardized test scores, academic progress assessments, and immunization records None Testing: Annually administer and retain a state approved standardized test by a qualified person or have the child evaluated by a certified teacher currently working in the field of education Progress must be evaluated by a certified teacher employed by the approved private school  |
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Post by Charity on Oct 9, 2004 21:22:57 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Oct 9, 2004 21:38:37 GMT -5
"em"
HSLDA is a life source for most homeschoolers. I depend on information from them very much. If you are a homeschooler then you should already know I am always on your side of the homeschool issue. I want NO REGULATION IN ANY STATE.
However, if you disagree with the wording of content that HSLDA posted on their site (the source of the original post) then like I stated earlier, perhaps you took the statement out of context with the original intent.
The problem I have with your post is that you jump on my site claiming the information is incorrect (and it well may be but that remains to be seen) without even first registering here (which is a must if you post here) and not even saying a kindly hello. Simple manners would be nice.
The laws in each state are ever changing and with any luck one day, all states will be able to homeschool without any problems.
Good luck with your homeschool and God bless.
Charity
admin-owner
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Post by Charity on Oct 9, 2004 21:43:54 GMT -5
Oh and "em" one more thing. The original post stands until you can prove it wrong. Your word really is not enough. You should post a source if you plan to disagree with HSLDA.
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Post by Charity on Oct 9, 2004 22:29:41 GMT -5
I would like to make a comment at this point. I wish all states had no regulations for homeschoolers at all and with prayer and hard work defending our Constitutional rights and freedoms, we will help to make it better for all homeschoolers. It is legal to homeschool in all states, however, some states do have more regulations than others. Washington state is among the states with the most regulations. Several others fall in that catagory too. Homeschooling is growing in all states though praise God.
One thing that we need to do however is to obey the laws of our state in reguards to homeschooling as not to bring trouble to ourselves.
Albeit some of the laws in the states can seem silly and outright redundant, we still need to be sure we have all our bases covered. Most problems arise when a homeschool family is taken off guard by some government nanny that thinks they know better than we do and decides to single someone out. In the event that this happens, HSLDA is definitly the ones to have on your side fighting for your rights.
We must always stay on top of all legislation coming up in our state and be aware of any laws that may be a threat to homeschooling.
Never let the "nannies" catch you off guard and not in compliance with the law. That will give them all the ammunition they need to make you an example. We have to be one step ahead of them at all times.
There are less than 1/2% in the homeschool world that is not really "schooling" or obeying the laws of their state. However, those very very minute few will be the ones we are all labled with when the rubber hits the road.
Most of us home educators are legit and trying to educate our children. This is the message we need the world to understand.
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Post by Charity on Oct 9, 2004 22:40:07 GMT -5
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