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1st Reading New Iowa Homeschool Rules – Home School Article ...
Iowa City Superintendent, Lane Plugge says, “If you want a diploma, you have to go to school here:”
<a href="http://www.dailyiowan.com/2009/11/10/Metro/14260.html"School Board eyes homeschool rules
Homeschooled students in Iowa City may need to attend a district high school for at least two years to receive a diploma under a newly proposed policy change.
The Iowa City School Board will conduct a first reading of the policy — which would require the students to enroll full-time for...
Date: 2011-11-10 08:00:00
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Homeschooling in Zimbabwe – Home School Article – Articles – HEM
A very interesting article titled Homeschooling way to go? by Monica Cheru-Mpambawashe, appears in in the October 9 edition of The Herald:
In Zimbabwe most homescholars use a syllabus designed in South Africa. A pro-homeschooling blogger claims that as of May 1, 2010 South Africa had more than 100 000 students on homeschooling. SA has developed its own syllabus which is closely aligned to the one followed in formal institutions in that country but with the methodology basically borrowed from...
Date: 2011-10-10 07:00:00
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Virginia-Homeschoolers eligible for higher education financial aid ...
More below on the Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers‘ February legislative updates site. (The VA homeschool support group supported this legislation):
Federal laws and regulations have clearly established homeschooler eligibility for federally funded financial aid, such as Pell Grants and student loans. However, these laws do not apply to state-supported financial aid programs, which often provide a significant portion of aid for needy students.
One such state-supported program is the...
Date: 2011-07-15 07:00:00
Related topics : homeschool for high school students / high school home education / high school homeschool program
Missouri-Homeschooling and Divorce Court – Home School Article ...
A Missouri divorce case has been discussed at length within the homeschool blog community. Dana at Principled Discovery has one discussion:
Homeschooling mother may be ordered to send children to public school
Today, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an article about the situation.
Home-schooling at issue in St. Charles County divorce case
One year into a tumultuous term on the Francis Howell School Board, Lisa Payne-Naeger pulled her children out of public school, choosing to educate them...
Date: 2011-07-12 07:00:00
Related topics : families for home education missouri / home school public / schools home support
Arizona Laws and Regulations- Home Education Magazine – HEM ...
An overview of the homeschool laws and regulations of Arizona, along with links to legislative source information, additional reference materials and government resources on homeschooling.
Arizona Legislature Home Page
Arizona 15-745 Children instructed at home; testing; prohibition
A. Nothing in this article shall be construed to require the testing of children who are instructed in a home school program while they are receiving home school instruction.
B. A child who enrolls in a kindergarten...
Date: 2009-03-29 01:30:43
Related topics : department of education home school / homeschooling public schools / high school homeschool program
Alaska Laws and Regulations- Home Education Magazine – HEM ...
An overview of the homeschool laws and regulations of Alaska, along with links to legislative source information, additional reference materials and government resources on homeschooling.
Alaska State Legislature
SB 134 passed unanimously both Houses of the Alaska Legislature in April, 1997 and became law on September 2, 1997. SB 134 adds an exemption to the Compulsory Education Law in statute allowing children to be homeschooled by a parent or guardian. No strings attached. The text of the...
Date: 2009-03-29 01:33:00
Related topics : home education laws / laws on homeschool
Homeschooling and Immigration – Canada – Home School Article ...
An article on The Globe and Mail site tells us about an Canadian immigration case:
They hid from German authorities, fled to Denmark and sought safety in Canada. All this for a chance to freely educate their children at home.
Now the German family will take their cause one step further when they appear before the Immigration and Refugee board in Alberta Tuesday [3/23/10] to request asylum on the grounds that they would be persecuted for home-schooling their children, and risk being locked up...
Date: 2011-03-22 07:00:00
Related topics : homeschooling in canada / homeschooling their children
Texas School District Sues – Home School Article – Articles – HEM
In an increasingly bizarre situation a school district in Texas is “seeking to bankrupt” a now-homeschooling family. Writing for the Houston, Texas FOX News channel, reporter Greg Groogan explains the case in an article he titled School District Seeks to Bankrupt Disabled Student’s Family:
In May, 2007, after learning that their son Chuka was not receiving the help he needed from the local school, Kenneth and Neka Chibuogwu filed a procedure called “due process” where a sort of...
Date: 2010-10-08 18:59:44
Related topics : texas home schools / schools close to home
Houston-Economy Stimulates More Homeschoolers – Home School ...
Home-school interest grows in hard times Houston Chronicle April 27, 2009
Expense of private schools leads some to make a change
An estimated 300,000 Texas children are homeschooled, compared to the nearly 4.7 million who attend traditional public schools.
Seems like they wouldn’t have a clue how many Texas homeschoolers there are? Texas homeschoolers don’t register or notify government authorities about their education choice. Unless homeschool groups are reporting their member...
Date: 2011-04-29 07:00:00
Related topics : how to home school your kids / schools close to home / public school from home
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