Info for certain states?

[Legacy]

Does anyone know how and/or where I'd find information for the specifics on what my state requires if you home school? Did I ask that right? I guess I need to know if I end up starting my own program for 1/2 or 3/4 of a school year, will I get in trouble?

Here's the dilemma... After all of DD14's problems last year in public school, we have checked out another school down the road. She does NOT want to home school. We spent several hours with the superintendant and principal and she's SO excited to go there. However, it's 65 miles round trip twice a day to get the girls there. If the economy tanks, we won't be able to drive them. If we can't get them there, our options are to send them back to the school they came from (which would put DD14 in serious emotional and especially physical danger--some of you might remember the broken finger and broken elbow among other things) or home school. After August, we cannot enroll in the home school group we used for 3 years. I'm pretty sure our state is pretty sticky about accountability and making sure the kids are being taught. So, where would I find the laws or rules on home schooling (preferrably in layman's terms)?

Thanks ladies and gents! :hug

[NewWorldOrder]

http://hslda.org/Default.asp?bhcp=1

This is the link to the Home School Legal Defense Association. They have the laws and regulations for homeschooling in all 50 states. That information will be located on the right side of the page in a small yellow box.

[Legacy]

Thanks, NWO! I found that after sorting through several pages of "law school" on my search. It says I have to notify the school district 14 days prior to starting, and if the school believes it's in violation of the law, they can turn it in. Our "old" superintendant would do that just to be a jerk. :rolleyes

[NewWorldOrder]

Wow! What state are you in?

[Legacy]

Colorado

[Legacy]

Oh wait... ANY school district. Saw local school district in there somewhere. Maybe I'll send it to Denver. :lol2

[NewWorldOrder]

I didn't realize they had those kinds regulations in place. What you may want to do is contact HSLDA and start getting help from them, especially if you think you will have problems. You may have to join but it's only about $100, but that's good for an entire year. Or, contact the other homeschoolers in your area and ask them what they are doing regarding the laws; but if it were me I'd definitely enlist HSLDA's help.

We're in Texas, and it's a lot easier here. Can you move to Texas? :hug

[Legacy]

We're VERY rural here. All the home schoolers I know use COVA, which is what we used for 3 years. I'm definitely going to keep searching for others. I'm going to come back to that HSLDA site later and read more on them. The only way we foresee having any problems is if we can't afford the gas to get the girls to school. I've wondered if we get thrown into the hyperinflation and the economy collapses and all that "fear-monger" stuff really happens, would the schools close? How would they afford the gas either? I know our bus route for our local school (the one we are on) is a 90 min. drive...twice a day. :scratch

I'd LOVE to move to Texas. Have been trying to talk hubby into it for YEARS! We were pretty close to going down there (to San Antonio) for the winter. The trucking company he's leased to had a job down there for 120 days and was going to fly the guys home every 3 weeks for a weekend. We were going to home school, move the 5th wheel down there, and spend that time down there. But that contract fell through and they'll be more local (Utah, Wyoming, Nevada) this winter. We get to stay home. Probably better that way. :idunno