Homeschool Help!! 10 points…?

Really sorry about all the difficutlies you are facing, but as far as your sister’s homeschooling, that is not going to be difficult to take care of.

HSMom is correct. In states where homeschooling is regulated tightly by the state in this manner, there are options to be found if you look in the right places, beginning with HSLDA.org. The person that was handling your sister’s records should have left information on how to proceed, so you may want to go through your sister’s records again to look for clues as to who to contact, what agency you need to report to, and things of this nature.

Best of luck to you.

PS do not offer points like that. People on here want to help regardless of points, and that is considered gaming by the community guidelins. Just an fyi for you.

This is the outline of requirements for your state. Do you know a certified teacher? He/she can do the narrative that is required for your state or administer the SAT/ACT tests that need to be submitted with your renewal letter.

Ohio Legal Home Schooling Options: 1

Option: 1

Legal Option:

Establish and operate a home school

Attendance:

900 hours per year

Subjects:

Language arts, geography, U.S. and Ohio history, government, math, health, physical education, fine arts, first aid and science

Qualifications:

High school diploma, GED, test scores showing high school equivalence, or work under a person with a baccalaureate degree until child’s test scores show proficiency or parent earns diploma or GED

Notice:

Submit an annual notice of intent to the local superintendent

Recordkeeping:

None

Testing:

Submit with renewal notification either: 1) standardized test scores, or 2) a written narrative showing satisfactory academic progress, or 3) an approved alternative assessment

© 2007, HSLDA

I just checked the hslda website and from what I can see you legally don’t have to do this in Ohio. I could be wrong, but you might check into it yourself at http://www.hslda.com

I do believe that you would have to be the legal guardian to homeeschool, maybe you are.

Also sorry about your mom, my own mom passed away and I had to raise my younger sister from age 14-18, hang in there and be sure to connect with homeschool support groups in your area, they can answer questions, connect you to resources, and just provide plain old moral support.

Contact the local/state homeschooling association. If a certified teacher has to look over your portfolio and get the curriculum items for you, then the association should have a list.

Here is one I found doing a ‘net search:

http://www.cheohome.org/

Their list of “assessors”:

http://www.cheohome.org/getting_started/started/assessors.htm

There’s one in Dayton – not too far from you.

Bless you for wanting to help out your sisters. The others have given you great advice, I just want to say, stick with it.

You will do great and your sisters will be so much better off for it.

The hslda website. Click on your state and call someone in your area that could help you with this.

Wow, I don’t know. Maybe if you contacted your local school. They keep track of home schooled kids too…maybe they would be able to put you in touch with another home school family in your area.

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