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All servicemembers must fill out a 'dream sheet.' This is a list of the installations where the servicemember would like to be stationed. Sometimes you get your 'wish,' sometimes you don't. For Soldiers the process is aided by submitting a preference statement to PERSCOM.
The following information is presented to help you with your decision if ease of homeschooling is important to you.
Military homeschoolers can also find that knowing the ages of compulsory attendance is useful in determining if you need to adhere to laws in states with burdensome rules. If your child is above or below the age of compulsory attendance you are not bound by the law and need not notify, test or be overseen. Sometimes you can PCS before your child reaches the age of compulsory attendance and move to a more homeschooling-friendly state.
Keep in mind that if you enroll your child in a school, even if it is only Kindergarten, the burden of compulsory attendance is attached to your child. Even if you withdraw your child and he is under that state's minimum age for compulsory attendance, you will be expected to comply with the state's homeschooling law. A state court in Missouri also ruled that if parents behave as if they think their child should be in school by keeping records before the age of compulsory attendance, then the state's homeschooling law applies to the child.
Case Style: In the Interest of J.B.
Handdown Date: 08/07/2001
Appeal From: Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Hon. Susan E. Block
Counsel for Appellant: Scott Woodruff and David E. Gordon
Counsel for Respondent: Nancy L. Sido
Analysis ...
We also note that Parents treated Child as one who was required to attend school. They provided regular instruction, and as of September 1, 1998, kept a logbook of the number of hours and topics of instruction as required by the homeschool statute. Therefore, the trial court did not err in applying the compulsory attendance law to Child. Point denied.
Level
of homeschooling 'difficulty'
Educational Freedom
Ages of
Compulsory School Attendance
Comparison of state testing
requirements
National Home Education Network links
to state laws
Level
of homeschooling 'difficulty' for CONUS, Alaska and Hawai'i
No notice
required:
Parents are not required to notify the state of their intention to homeschool.
Low regulation:
Parents need only notify the state or district of their intention to homeschool.
Moderate regulation:
Parents must give notification and report test scores, and/or be subject to
professional evaluation of student achievement.
High regulation:
Parents must give notification and report achievement test scores, and/or submit
to professional evaluations and approval or home visits by state officials.
Interactive map of US military installations (by name only). For installation information, do a web search using the name of the installation. You can use the map to find the installations (if any for your branch of service) in the state(s) you want to list on your Dream Sheet. Some job specialties have a greater distribution than others: dentists and chaplains will probably have more choice in requesting assignments than communications locator/interceptors (they use Morse code) or sub drivers.
An
educational snapshot of each state is available at
The Heritage Foundation web site. To
read an overview of the state's educational climate click on the initials of the
state on the United States map. Specifics of homeschooling laws are not given at
the Heritage Foundation website but may be found at
Home Education
Magazine.
No
notice required
Alaska
Connecticut
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Missouri
Oklahoma
New Jersey
Texas
Low regulation
Alabama
Arizona
California
Delaware
District of Columbia
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Moderate regulation
Arkansas
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Iowa
Louisiana
Maryland
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Virginia
Washington
state
High
regulation
Minnesota
Massachusetts
New York
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Utah
Vermont
West Virginia
Grading States on Their Educational Freedom
Comparison of state testing requirements
Ann Zeise's site has a comparison chart of the testing requirements of the states that require that homeschooled children be tested using a nationally recognized standardized test.
- A to Z Home's Cool Testing Requirements Compared
Before assuming that this requirement is a benefit, it is helpful to know the qualities measured by the testing and the uses to which they are put.
- 1999 article from Home's Cool: Testing Homeschoolers
- FairTest: Norm-referenced tests
- letters in Susan Ohanian's collection on testing, and in particular, on the secrecy surrounding standardized tests
- NHEN discussion: Standardized Testing and Alternatives (includes discussion about "normed" tests)
- Oregon Home Education Network article: Identifying and Addressing Learning Disorders
- Phi Delta Kappan,
The
11th Bracey Report on The Condition of Public Education This is a
long article, so if you bog down partway through, at least skip to the end
to see Mr. Bracey's opinion on a possible 'destination,' of high stakes
testing, "Where It Could All End Up."
and the flip side
- In Defense of Testing
- Dayton Daily News column, Get on the Bus: Test Companies Need a Watchdog
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Studies
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