Productive Day...
Well this restricted activity has proven to be very useful. I'm working on our new website (family/homeschool). Well, I'm actually having Brian debug at the moment so I can finish. And I got my Letter of Intent (LOI) written for the Superintendent.
That got me wondering about what your state's procedures are for homeschooling?
Massachusetts is ranked 49th of 50 for homeschool friendliness. We have to request approval each year from our individual school district. I can tell you, it's a pain! If you move to a new town, you have to find out what their procedures are and start over again. UGH. On more than one ocassion we'd considered establishing a private school. Until we found out that the procedures are the same! The private schools in any town have to seek approval from the local public school district annually in order to continue!
Absurd!
On my to-do list tomorrow is more web design (I need to finish by Sunday) and more lovely schedule building!
Blessings,
Nissa
That got me wondering about what your state's procedures are for homeschooling?
Massachusetts is ranked 49th of 50 for homeschool friendliness. We have to request approval each year from our individual school district. I can tell you, it's a pain! If you move to a new town, you have to find out what their procedures are and start over again. UGH. On more than one ocassion we'd considered establishing a private school. Until we found out that the procedures are the same! The private schools in any town have to seek approval from the local public school district annually in order to continue!
Absurd!
On my to-do list tomorrow is more web design (I need to finish by Sunday) and more lovely schedule building!
Blessings,
Nissa
posted by Nissa at 5:24 PM
2 Comments:
Hi, Nissa,
Here in Oregon, in order to homeschool legally (many people go under-the-radar), we register with our education unit (you know, I can't remember what it's called, but it's not the district and it's not the county). Then they tell you you have to teach subjects equivalent to what the schools teach and you're required to submit scores for standardized tests after 3rd, 5th, 8th, and 10th. BUT! I attended a seminar on "Alternatives to Testing" where the presenter said something that definitely applied to us: if you move, you are not required to send a change of address. If you move, they cannot find you to ask for your scores. You are only required to send in the scores if they request it. They don't have the funds to track you down. We are planning to move--we want to buy a house in the next few months. And we weren't required to submit test scores this year because you don't have to do that for 18 months after you register as homeschoolers. So, looks like we can just homeschool as we please. :-)
I don't know where WV ranks, but it doesn't seem to me that we have too many hoops to jump through. We recently moved from Ohio which had similiar rules.
In WV we have to send in a notice of intent (NOI) with proof that I graduated high school. You need to state what you will be teaching, which can be very detailed or just simply listing subjects. We can request textbooks or take classes offered. We have to provide assessment or progress by June 30. The assesment can be teacher evaluated portfolio, school provided standardized testing or other standardized tests like the Iowa Basic.
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