The Homeschooling Report

One of the main components of getting approval to home school your child is the development of your education plan or proposal.  In your education plan, you will need to prove that you are ready, willing, and capable of teaching your own child.  In this post, we hope to provide some information on the statutes that influence the developing of your education plans.

Compulsory Attendance Statute
In many states, there is no statute that specifically governs homeschooling. However, many of them have upheld the compulsory attendance statute which states that every child between the minimum and maximum ages that have been established for school attendance by the board of education is obligated to attend a public day school in their town, or some other day school that is approved by the school committee. However, it also states that such attendance shall not be required of a child who is being otherwise taught in a manner that is approved in advance by the superintendent or the school committee.

Ages for School Attendance
The minimum age that has been established for compulsory school attendance is six, whereas the maximum age is 16. Each child must attend school beginning in September of the calendar year once he or she reaches the age of six. 

Approval of homeschooling plans
The court has decided that while parents have a basic right in directing the education of their children, this kind of right is not really absolute but has to be reconciled with the substantial state interest in the education of its smallest citizens. The court systems have recognized that certain factors may be considered by the superintendent or school committee in helping to decide whether or not to approve a home school proposal. The factors that are considered are as follows:  

1. The proposed curriculum that you decide to show, the length of the homeschool year and the number of hours of instruction in each of the proposed subjects 
2. The competency of the parents who are to teach the children 
3. Parental and student access to the textbooks, workbooks, and other instructional aids that are to be used by the children and to the lesson plans and teaching manuals to be used by the parents 
4. A form of assessment of the children so that the system can be sure that the educational progress and the attainment of minimum standards are up to par 

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