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From the ECS State Policy Database 1994-2013

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The following summary includes policies ECS has tracked in this database since 1994. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary 21st Century Skills Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--College Entrance Exams Assessment--Common Core/National Tests Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio Assessment--Value Added At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Brain Research Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Counseling/Guidance Curriculum Curriculum--Alignment Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Censorship Curriculum--Computer Science Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Excusal Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Geography Education Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--Home Economics Curriculum--International Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Data-Driven Improvement Demographics Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults Demographics--Enrollments Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Economic/Workforce Development--Value of an Education Education Research Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Aid to Private Schools Finance--Bonds Finance--District Finance--Does Money Matter? Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Federal Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Litigation Finance--Local Foundations/Funds Finance--Lotteries Finance--Performance Funding Finance--Private Giving Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures Finance--Student Fees Finance--Taxes/Revenues Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues Governance Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest Governance--Mandates Governance--Regional Entities Governance--School Boards Governance--School Boards--Training Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health Health--Child Abuse Health--Mental Health Health--Nutrition Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses Health--Suicide Prevention Health--Teen Pregnancy High School High School--Advanced Placement High School--College Readiness High School--Credit Recovery High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges High School--Exit Exams High School--GED (General Education Development) High School--Graduation Requirements Instructional Approaches Instructional Approaches--Constructivism Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling ME SIGNED 07/2013 P-12 Eligibility for State Subsidy for Postsecondary Courses H.P. 53 Makes a student eligible to receive a state subsidy for postsecondary courses if the student is receiving home instruction in a program that meets requirements and the eligible institution: has space available for the student; has determined that the student ... More... IA Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Independent Private Instruction H.F. 215 - Division XII Adds a new subsection. Defines "Independent private instruction" as instruction that meets the following criteria: (1) Is not accredited. (2) Enrolls not more than four unrelated students. (3) Does not charge tuition, fees, or other remuneration for instructio... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Summer Course Enrollment of Students Not Enrolled in District H.B. 2137 Requires a district, with exceptions, to permit a person eligible to attend school under statutory school age laws but who is not enrolled in the district to enroll in a summer school course on the same basis as a district student. Requires such person to sati... More... NC Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Home Schools S.B. 189 Redefines homeschool from consisting of one or more households to no more than two households. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S189v2.pdf... More... ND Signed into law 05/2013 Postsec. Homeschool Student Eligibility for Scholarships H.B. 1291 Makes home schooled students eligible for North Dakota scholarships. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/63-2013/documents/13-0109-05000.pdf?20130510113114... More... AR Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Homeschool Study S.B. 1043 Requires the department of education to study the education and assistance provided to children who are unable to physically attend school on a regular basis due to a medical condition. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2013/2013R/Bills/SB1043.pdf... More... CO Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Home School Students Participation In Activities H.B. 1095 Prohibits a district, school, or interscholastic organization or association from requiring a homeschooled student who is participating in an extracurricular activity at a school selected by the district to enroll in a course or complete course credits as a co... More... ND Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Home Education S.B. 2329 Requires that while in grades four, six, eight, and ten, each child receiving home education take a standardized achievement test used by the school district in which the child resides; or, if requested by the parent, a nationally normed standardized achievem... More... NM Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Home School Student Program Units S.B. 302 Allows for home schooled students to take one or more classes at public schools and for home schooled students to generate program units. Payment of the program units for home schooled students will be paid to the school district in which they are generated. E... More... NH Became law without governor's signature 06/2012 P-12 Educational Evaluation of Home Schooled Children H.B. 1571 Amends the educational evaluation procedures for home educated children and repeals the notice, hearing, and appeals procedures afforded to parents relative to the termination of a home education program. The bill also clarifies the school district's limited l... More... NH Adopted 06/2012 P-12 Home Education NH ADC Ed 315.01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Provide standards for home education programs. They are being readopted at the request of the Home Education Advisory Council to make them consistent with RSA 193-A and add the new requirement from RSA 193:1,I(f)(2) to provide a certificate of completion for h... More... NH Adopted 06/2012 P-12 Home Education NH ADC Ed 315.01 - .18 Readopts rules at the request of the Home Education Advisory Council to make them consistent with RSA 193-A and add the new requirement to provide a certificate of completion for home education programs. Amends the due process hearing procedure.... More... GA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Attendance Records, Unexcused Absences H.B. 39 Requires that declarations of intent and attendance records for home study programs be submitted to the department of education rather than local school superintendents; authorizes department to provide for electronic submittal of such records. Provides that n... More... GA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Home Study Programs H.B. 706 - Home Study Programs Authorizes the department of education to permit parents to submit declaration of intent to use a home study program electronically. Provides that declarations of intent and attendance records for home study programs are submitted to the department of educatio... More... GA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Administration and Enforcement of Compulsory Attendance Laws H.B. 706 - Administration and Enforcement of Compulsory Attendance Laws Clarifies that responsibility for administration and enforcement of compulsory attendance laws is the duty of the state department of education as well as local systems (previous legislation referred only to duty of local systems). Places responsibility for r... More... VA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Home Instruction of Children; Limits Required Description of Curriculum H.B. 1208 Requires that the description of the curriculum, which a parent electing to provide home instruction to his child in lieu of school attendance must submit to the school division superintendent, shall be limited to a list of subjects to be studied during the co... More... NM Signed into law 02/2012 P-12 Home School Student Participation in Extracurricular Activities H.B. 129 Redefines the home school student activities program unit for funding purposes. Expands the definition from athletic activities to co-curricular and extracurricular activities. http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/12%20Regular/bills/house/HB0129.pdf... More... TN Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Home Schools H.B. 1631 Requires a parent who home schools a child to possess a high school diploma or GED. Defines home school "home school" as a school conducted or directed by a parent or parents or legal guardian or guardians for their own children. Allows public school facilitie... More... MS Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Grade-Assignment Testing H.B. 636 Requires homeschooled students to be tested prior to transfer into a public school district for grade-assignment purposes. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/pdf/HB/0600-0699/HB0636SG.pdf... More... GA Vetoed 06/2010 P-12 Compulsory School Attendance S.B. 239 - Section 2 Requires a parent whose child is of compulsory school age and who becomes a new resident of a local school system to enroll his/her child in a public or private school within 15 days of such new residency (or by the start date of school if such new residency o... More... LA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Postsec. Community College Homeschool Diplomas S.B. 798 A high school diploma awarded by a home study program approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education will be deemed by all public postsecondary educational institutions, all state departments, agencies, boards, and commissions, and all other... More... LA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Home-schooled Students and Interscholastic Athletics H.B. 303 Allows home-schooled students to participate in high school interscholastic athletics. Provides definitions, eligibility requirements, and guidelines and conditions for participation. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=722510... More... UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Private and Homeschool Student Participation in Extracurricular Activities S.B. 66 Provides that a minor enrolled in a private school or a home school is eligible to participate in extracurricular activities at a public school whose district boundaries the student's parent resides within or from which the student withdrew. Provides a private... More... VA Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Homebound Instructional Services H.B. 257 Requires the Board of Education to amend its regulations establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia as they relate to homebound instructional services to include that homebound instruction shall be made available to students based on a c... More... KY Adopted 07/2009 Postsec. Scholarship Eligibility for Homeschooled Students 11 KAR 18:010 Provides a definition of "home school" and prescribes initial application procedures for home school students to participate in the Robert C Byrd Honors Scholarship Program. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/011/018/010.htm... More... MO Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Compulsory Age S.B. 291--School Flex Program Act established school flex program allowing eligible students in 11th and 12th grades to attend school a minimum of two instructional hours per school day within their school district; pursue a timely graduation; provide evidence of college or technical caree... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 No Home-Based Charter Schools H.B. 1 - Section 265.50.80 Specifies that no community school (charter school) that began operation after May 1, 2005 may be operated from a home. Page 2833 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf... More... ND Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Parental Qualification for Homeschooling H.B. 1400 - Sec. 28, Home Education Parents may supervise home education if the parent holds a high school diploma or a general educational development (GED) diploma. Previous policy required baccalaureate degree and licensed or approved to teach by the education standards and practices board an... More... GA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 High School Honors Program S.B. 210 Includes home schooled students among those students eligible to participate in the high school honors program during the summer months. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/sb210.pdf... More... NM Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Homeschooled Student Participation in District Athletics H.B. 704 Increases the number of school district athletic activities in which a home school student may participate to three activities. http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/HB0704.pdf... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Homeschooling H.B. 1288 Exempts the annual parental declaration of intent to home school from the public disclosure act; exempts from public disclosure the annual declaration of intent filed by parents under RCW 28A.200.010 for a child to receive home-based instruction. Chapter 191 h... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Homeschooling H.B. 1110 School districts are prohibited from advertising, marketing, and otherwise providing unsolicited information about learning programs offered by the school district, including but not limited to digital learning programs, part-time enrollment opportunities, and... More... UT Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Homeschooling Affidavit S.B. 146 Requires a local school board to issue a certificate excusing a minor from attendance within 30 days of receipt of a signed affidavit stating that the minor will attend a home school.... More... VA Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Transferabilyt of Virtual State Credits H.B. 2619 Requires local school boards to make provisions to require the acceptance of virtual state credits earned by a student while attending another public secondary school or nonpublic school, or through home instruction. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe... More... NH Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Homeschooling Notification S.B. 337 Requires a parent to notify the Commissioner of Education, resident district superintendent, or principal of a nonpublic school when commencing or continuing a home education program; revises the membership of the Home Education Advisory Council; establishes a... More... NY Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Student with Disabilities in Homeschool Program A.B. 11463 Provides that solely for purposes of providing services to special education students and the computation of state aid, a student with disabilities in a homeschool program must be considered a nonpublic school student eligible to receive services as such, prov... More... UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 UPSTART Program S.B. 2 - Sections 3-9 Establishes UPSTART, a pilot project that uses a home-based educational technology program to develop the school readiness skills of children age 4-5 who have not entered kindergarten. Provides that UPSTART is created to evaluate the effectiveness of giving pr... More... VA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Home Instruction H.B. 767 Eliminates (i) the requirement that correspondence courses must be approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction in order to qualify as a suitable program for home instruction and (ii) the provision allowing parents to provide programs that are judged b... More... VA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Evidence of Progress Options: Homeschooling H.B. 1183 Provides for two additional options for parents to provide evidence of progress of the child receiving home instruction including: (i) an evaluation letter from a person licensed to teach in any state, or a person with a master's degree or higher in the field ... More... NC Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Homebound Instruction for Students With Disabilities H.B. 14 Authorizes homebound instruction for discipline purposes when it is the least restrictive alternative for students with disabilities. Requires a regular evaluation of the appropriateness of the homebound instruction. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/B... More... NC Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Standards for Homebound Instruction H.B. 20 Establishes standards for homebound special education instruction including standards related to appropriate teacher qualifications, services included in the childs Individual Education Plan, and behavior intervention services designed to address the behavior ... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Services to Homeschooled Children and Funding for Small Districts H.B. 2040 Authorizes certain school districts to contract with qualified private alternative education programs to provide services to homeschooled children; directs the Board of Education to adopt formula for calculation of amount of funding to be received by programs ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Home-Schooled Students S.B. 404 Excuses compulsory attendance if a child is enrolled in a private school or if a notice of intent to homeschool the child is filed with the superintendent of schools of the school district in which the child resides. Authorizes the board of trustees of a schoo... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Homeschooled Student Access to College Prep Tests H.B. 1844 From bill analysis: Currently, students who are home-schooled and have completed college preparatory education are not allowed to participate in Advanced Placement or Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) testing at public sch... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Home School Student Activities Program Unit S.B. 1098 Establishes a home school student activities program unit. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB1098.pdf... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Partial Attendance of Homeschooled Students H.B. 1266 Requires a school district of a child excused from school attendance (home schooled) pursuant to § 13-27-2 to admit that child to a public school in the district upon request from the child's parent or legal guardian. A child enrolled in a school district purs... More... UT Adopted 11/2006 P-12 Non-traditional Student Participation in State Achievement Tests R277-604 Provides definitions, criteria and procedures for private school students, home school students, electronic high school (EHS) students, and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) students to participate in the state's public education school achievement tests required... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Homeschooling Student Records S.B. 2272 - Section 48 Provides that personal information in state agency records regarding a child receiving home instruction must be kept confidential in the same manner as personal information in records for students in public schools. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/de... More... VA Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Qualifications to Provide Home Instruction H.B. 1340 Reduces qualifications to provide home instruction from completion of bachelor's degree to completion of high school diploma. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+CHAP0932... More... NH Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Homeschooling Oversight H.B. 406 Revises/reducesthe oversight authority of the Commissioner of the Department of Education relative to home education programs; revises certain curriculum, notice, and procedural provisions which apply to home education programs. http://gencourt.state.nh.us/leg... More... VA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Homeschool Teachers H.B. 1340, S.B. 499 Requires persons providing home instruction to hold a high school diploma. Under previous law, such individuals must have held a baccalaureate degree. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+CHAP0932, http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?06... More... VA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Home Instruction H.B. 1483 Amends the requirements for home instruction to provide that parents may home school their children if they: (i) provide a program of study or curriculum, which in the judgment of the division superintendent includes the standards of learning objectives adopte... More... VA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Making Pre SAT Available to Homeschooled Students H.B. 1588 Requires that school boards implement a plan to make Pre SAT examinations available to students receiving home instructions. From the fiscal impact statement: It is estimated that this legislation will not have a fiscal impact on the state. The costs to admini... More... VT Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Home Study Oversight H.B. 862 Effective 2006-2007, requires annual assessment of each home study program. Progress must be assessed through one of the following measures: A report in a form designated by the commissioner, by a teacher licensed in Vermont.  In determining the form of the r... More... NJ Rule Adoption 08/2005 P-12 Programs To Support Student Development NJAC 6A:16-1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.5 thru 5.8, 6.1 thru 6.3,7.1, 7.2 thru 7.10, 8 thru 11 Establishes and amends requirements for school district boards relating to development and implementation of school safety plans, cooperation with law enforcement on certain matters if they occur at school grounds and functions, development and implementation ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association S.B. 221 This bill designates the association for interscholastic activities as the "Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association." This bill allows homeschooled children to participate in interscholastic activities and events in addition to those that are governed by... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Distance Learning H.B. 2566 Amends the name of the Arkansas Distance Learning Development Project to the Arkansas Distance Learning Development Program. Allows courses offered through the program to be offered to public, private and home school students in the state. States that a home s... More... ND Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Homeschooling of Students with Developmental Disabilities H.B. 1265 Allows a parent of a child with a developmental disability to continue to supervise home education (deleted provision that prohibited home education for students with developmental disabilities -- except for those with autism.) http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assemb... More... UT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Home School Amendments S.B. 59 A minor over 16 can be excused from school attendance if a parent signs an affidavit that the student will attend home school and receive the instruction in the subjects the state board requires to be taught in public schools; and for the same length of time a... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Home Instruction Notification of Examinations H.B. 1767 Directs local school boards to notify students receiving home instruction and their parents of the availability of Advanced Placement and Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test examinations and the availability of financial assistance to low-income and needy stu... More... NV Temporary Rule Adoption 02/2005 P-12 Homeschooled Pupils Correspondence Programs NAC 392.011, .018, .022, .024, .026, .035, .041, .048, .055, .065 Establishes rules regarding the use of correspondence programs by homeschooled pupils. NEVADA REG 3671 (SN)... More... GA Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Home Study Programs H.B. 1428 Relates to requirements for private schools and home study programs; changes the qualifications of tutors in home study programs from requiring a baccalaureate college degree to a high school diploma or a general educational development diploma. http://www.leg... More... LA Adopted 04/2004 P-12 Textbook Adoption Policy for Home Study Program LAC 28:XXXIII.517 Adopts rules to allow local education agencies (LEAs) to secure a deposit, equal to the replacement costs, for textbooks provided to students in approved home study programs. http://www.doa.state.la.us/osr/reg/0404/0404RUL.pdf (see page 39 of 71)... More... DE Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Homeschool and Attendance Requirements S.B. 103 This legislation is in response to the report by the Homeschool Committee as created by SJR 9. This legislation defines the types of homeschools, provides that students who are educated in the defined types of homeschools are exempt from the public school com... More... MD Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 Home Schooling COMAR 13A.10.01.01 A. Purpose. The purpose of this regulation is to establish a procedure to be used by the superintendent of each local school system to determine if a child participating in a home instruction program is receiving regular, thorough instruction during the school... More... MD Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 Consequences of Deficiencies in Home Schooling Program COMAR 13A.10.01.03 A. Failure to Consent. If a parent or guardian does not agree to the requirements of Regulation .01B, C, and D, above, a child shall be enrolled promptly in a public school or nonpublic school as defined in COMAR 13A.09.09.02B(9). B. Deficiencies in the Progra... More... MD Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 Home Instruction Under Supervision of Nonpublic School COMAR 13A.10.01.05 A. A parent or guardian may provide instruction for a child at home without compliance with the requirements of this regulation, other than the requirements of Regulations .01B(1)(b) and .04, if that instruction is offered through correspondence courses and is... More... NV Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Homeschooler Participation S.B. 503 Requires that homeschooled children must be allowed to participate in interscholastic activities. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/72nd/bills/SB/SB503_EN.pdf... More... OR Vetoed 06/2003 P-12 Students Not Taught In Public Schools S.B. 761 Repeals examination requirements that apply to children who are taught by a private teacher, parent or legal guardian; allows exemption from compulsory school attendance laws for children taught at the direction of a parent or legal guardian.... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Institutions of Higher Education H.B. 944 Prohibits institutions of higher education from discriminating against students with a nontraditional secondary education" (home-schooled or who attended a nonaccredited private school). http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&... More... ME Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Laws Governing Home Instruction S.P. 83 (LD 160) Amends laws governing home instruction; excuses student from attending a public school if the student obtains equivalent instruction in a specified home instruction program; requires a student's parent or guardian to provide a detailed written notice of intent... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Laws Pertaining to Home Schools H.B. 2879 Amends laws pertaining to achievement testing of home-schooled students. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2879.pdf... More... ND Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements H.B. 1033 A high school diploma may be issued by a home-schooled child's school district of residence, an approved nonpublic high school, or the North Dakota division of independent study provided the child, through home education, has completed at least twenty-one unit... More... SD Signed into law 02/2003 P-12 Home School Students H.B. 1068 Permits home school students to participate in high school interscholastic activities. If the school board or governing body of an accredited school approves, a student receiving alternative (home) instruction is eligible to participate in any interscholastic... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Private Schools and Home Education S.B. 20E Creates Office of Private Schools and Home Education. New section defines home education program and private school. Inserts "directory" language to show home-schooling parents the programs in which their children may participate (i.e., extracurricular activit... More... NH Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Activities for Homeschooled Students H.B. 631 Provides that home schooled pupils shall have access to curricular courses or cocurricular programs offered by the school district in which the pupil resides, and that local school boards may establish a policy regulating participation in curricular courses an... More... DE Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Creates a committee to research homeschooling S.J.R. 9 Relates to home schools; creates a committee to research and issue a report regarding issues.... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Home Schooling H.B. 2595 Provides for instruction of students in the home or other approved place; waives the requirement that persons providing instruction in the home have at least four years more formal education (until July 2003). Home school providers must have high school diplo... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Home Schooling, Prohibiting Sex Offenders S.B. 758 Prohibits home schooling if a sex offender resides in the home.... More... NM Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Home School Requirements S.B. 374 Requires that any person operating or intending to operate a home school must notify the state superintendent of the establishment of a home school within 30 days of its establishment and notify the state superintendent in writing on or before April 1 of each ... More... CO Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Non-Enrolled Participation H.B. 1129 Increases the fee a school of participation may charge a non-enrolled student for participation in an extracurricular activity; allows the school of participation in certain circumstances to charge a non-enrolled student the actual cost of post-season particip... More... CA Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 Criminal Records Check for In-home Educators A.B. 2164 Chapter No.239, Relates to criminal records. Expands the Trustline Registry registration provisions for child care providers to apply to any person providing in-home educational or counseling services to a minor.... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Alternative High School Educations H.B. 2105 Provides for award of high school diplomas to certain veterans; provides for award of credit toward high school graduation for courses taken through dual enrollment at a community college; provides for credit toward completion of a home education program throu... More... WV Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Home School Instruction S.B. 189 Relates to requirements for home school instruction; relates to a study on home school instruction; relates to collection of data on home school instruction.... More... NE Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Immunization Requirements for Home-Schooled Children L.B. 268 Allows parents or legal guardians whose children are home schooled to choose between signing a previously-required statement that the requirements for approval and accreditation violate their sincerely held religious beliefs or a new statement that the require... More... OR Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Modifies Assessment Requirements of Home-Schooled Students H.B. 3013 Modifies examination requirements for children who are taught by parent, legal guardian, or private teacher; requires that children withdrawn from public school be tested within 18 months after withdrawal or prior to end of grade three if child never attended ... More... ND Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Extracurricular Participation of Home-Schooled Students S.B. 2199 Creates and enacts a new section to chapter 15.34.1 of the North Dakota Century Code; relates to participation in extracurricular activities by students receiving home education; amends and reenacts subsection 4 of section 15-34.1-06 of the North Dakota Centur... More... VA Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Home-Schooled Students Enrolled in Health Education Classes H.B. 284 Provides that nonpublic and home-school students who are enrolled in public schools on a less than full-time basis in any health education or physical course are to be included in average daily membership in the relevant school division on a pro rata basis as ... More... FL Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 3951 BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE . Clarifies definition of term "home education program"; provides that definition of term "nonpublic school" does not include home education program for purpose of survey requirements; provides that private tutoring may... More... MS Died 05/1998 P-12 S.B. 2051 & S.B. 2060 Authorizes home school students to participate in public school interscholastic activities under certain conditions.... More... NH Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 1247 Establishes study committee relative to access to public school facilities by home school students.... More... VA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 968 Home School Instruction Provides that parents who begin home instruction after the school year has begun are to notify the Division Superintendent of their action as soon as practicable; eliminates the requirement that parents provide the Division Superintendent with an assessment sh... More... VT Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 S.B. 204 Relates to use of public school facilities by home schooled students.... More... AK Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 S.B. 134 Home School Student Exemption from the Compulsoary School Act Formally exempts home school students form the compulsory school act as long as the student "is being educated in the child's home by a parent or legal guardian and is receiving an organized educational program that includes reading, spelling, mathematics, sci... More... AZ Died 06/1997 P-12 S.B. 1011 Home School Participation in Interscholastic Competition Allows children instructed at home or at charter schools to participate in interscholastic competition. PASSED SENATE 1/97.... More... AZ Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 2057 Relates to school attendance requirements; relates to participation in interscholastic activities by children instructed at home.... More... ND Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 1368 Home Schools Amends and reenacts sections of the North Dakota Century Code; relates to home schools.... More... ND Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 1456 High School Diplomas for Home Schoolers Relates to high school diplomas for students receiving home-based instruction.... More... NM Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 S.B. 1235 Home School Provisions Requires admission to state institutions for home school or non-public school students; requires public schools to enroll transferring home schools or private school students at the level appropriate to their age and test scores.... More... AR Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 1157 Amends and repeals various sections of the Arkansas Code pertaining to home-schooled students.... More... VA Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 1860 Home Schooling Requires school boards to adopt policies that are consistent with their constitutional and statutory responsibilities to provide public education for the part-time admission and enrollment of home-school students.... More... VA Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 2379 Home Schooling and GED Testing Removes the minimum age requirement of 15 for students who have been home-schooled for three consecutive years or who have been exempted from compliance with compulsory attendance laws for bona fide religious reasons to qualify for GED testing if they conform ... More... MI Died 02/1997 P-12 S.B. 3005 Authorizes home-school students to participate in public school interscholastic activities.... More... MI Signed into law 06/1996 P-12 H.B. 5803 Education at Home Eliminates the specific exemption from compulsory attendance for certain children being educated at home.... More... FL Signed into law 05/1996 P-12 H.B. 2505 & S.B. 1842 Eligibility Requirements for Home Instruction Provides eligibility requirements for participation by home education students in interscholastic extracurricular student activities offered by schools.... More... FL Signed into law 05/1996 P-12 Community College S.B. 186 Provides for the articulated acceleration of secondary students who are dually enrolled in home education programs and postsecondary courses. Requires community colleges and state universities to delineate courses and programs, establish criteria and designate... More... OH Died 05/1996 P-12 H.B. 512 Home Instruction Students Participate in Extracurricular Activities Requires that any child receiving home instruction be permitted to participate in extracurricular activities, including interscholastic extracurricular activities, operated by the school district in which the child resides. PASSED HOUSE, DIED IN SENATE COMMITT... More... ME Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 H.B. 1327 (LD 1818) Requires that public schools permit participation in curricular, cocurricular and extracuriicular activities for students enrolled in approved equivalent instruction programs.... More... ME Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 H.B. 1327 Extra Curricular Activities for Home Schoolers (Effective: 04/02/96) Requires that public schools permit participation in curricular, cocurricular and extracurricular activities for students enrolled in approved equivalent instruction programs.... More... MD Died 03/1996 P-12 Administration of Home and Hospital Teaching for Students COMAR 13A.03.05 Sets forth minimum requirements for the provision of instructional services to public school students who are unable to participate in their school of enrollment due to a physical or emotional condition; establishes a minimum educational background for individ... More... GA Died 02/1996 P-12 H.B. 1612 Dual Enrollment for Home Schoolers Provides for the eligibility of students enrolled in home study programs for dual enrollment in public schools.... More... TN Died 01/1996 P-12 S.B. 2777/H.B. 2591 Home School and Intercollegiate Athletics Allows students who are home schooled to be eligible for intercollegiate athletics.... More... TN Signed into law 06/1995 P-12 H.B. 1002/S.B. 1320 Notice of Home Schooling (Effective: 06/13/95) Allows home school parent to submit notice of intent to conduct a home school to the superintendent after Aug. 1, on payment of a penalty for the late notice.... More... ID Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 H.B. 171a Dual Enrollment of Nonpublic School Students Allows nontraditional students (e.g., private school or home-schooled) to participate in any program in the public schools, including athletics.... More... SC Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 S.B. 626 Home Instruction (Effective: 05/17/95) Joint Resolution approves regulations of the Board of Education relating to homebound instruction.... More... WA Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 S.B. 5479 Home Instruction Transfer (Effective: 04/17/95) Provides that a student who is receiving home based instruction or attending an approved private school, and who is accepted as a transfer student for the purposes of participation in extracurricular activities, shall be subject to the sa... More... TN Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 S.B. 1159 Home Schooling Permits parents who register with a church related school to teach their children at home in grades 9-12, if the parent has a high school diploma and the child is subject to the local public school's testing requirements. (Legislative Summary 1994)... More... CO Signed into law 05/1994 P-12 H.B. 1097 Participation in School Sponsored Activities (Effective: 06/07/94) Gives private school students the same opportunity given last year to home school students to participate on an equal basis in public school interscholastic and extracurricular activitites. Specifies that fees paid must be the same as the... More... CO Signed into law 05/1994 P-12 S.B. 94-4 Home School (Effective: 04/19/94) Allows a parent whose child is participating in home schooling to select a qualified person to evaluate the child's academic progress as an alternative to using nationally standardixed tests. (Bill Board 5/19/94)... More... PA Died 02/1994 P-12 S.B. 1561 Home Educated Pupils in Extracurricular Activities This bill amends the Public School code of 1949. Provides for the participation of home education pupils in extracurricular activities. (Statenet 2/94)... More... 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