Do the state county check on homeschoolers?

Question

i heard they go and check on you every month, to see what you have been doing, is this true?

also i heard about evaluation, those that happens every month too?

Answer 1

I have never had the state/county come out to check on me. In the state of FL,  you have to have an evaluation, tests or be under an umbrella school.

Go to halda.org. They should be of help

Answer 2

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Answer 3

No.

I have been homeschooled all of my life and the state does not check on you like that.

You are required by the state to take a grading test once every two years.  Unless you do HORRIBLY on that test, then you are fine. (I always placed in the 90s) (It's out of 100)

this is in Oregon.

Answer 4

nope, in our state they aren't allowed to ask you anything about what you're doing to homeschool (Oklahoma) There is no testing, no approval, etc.

It's part of our state constitution and thus vigorously protected.

Answer 5

Not in NJ - since our children have never been enrolled in school the town/county/state don't even know they exist in a "truancy" sense. Of course they have birth certificates, social security numbers and so on. No, there is no big brother watching us!

In PA there is a lot more oversight, but even that is more quarterly or yearly I believe. From what I understand, a great deal of time, money and effort is expended to track homeschoolers in PA with very few problems being turned up.

Answer 6

It really depends on which state you live in, but even the most strict only check in a couple of times a year, as far as I know.  

Each state has different regulations regarding homeschooling; some require you to register each year and advise your coursework and texts, some require you to get annual or semi-annual testing/evaluations, and some don't require you to even report that you're homeschooling at all.

Answer 7

No. Firstly, it depends where you live. Secondly, it's not as often as monthly...if they tried to do that, they'd never have time to get round everyone!

Here, we don't get checked on at all (although we're outwith the US).

Also in many places where they do require regular meetings (usually yearly) with homeschooling families, it is often your parents who are obliged to meet with them and not you. Hence most parents restrict meetings with school authorities to a neutral place like your local coffee shop. School authorities will often have no right to enter your house, meet the children who are being home educated or to inspect their school work. It's worth knowing the rules for yourself before you meet anyone from the school board etc.

Answer 8

In Florida you have to submit a yearly evaluation... Usually a standardized test score (you have some testing options), or a portfolio review conducted by a teacher, or an educational evaluation conducted by a psychologist, or any other evaluation as long as the state approves it. Other than that they leave you alone. No one comes to check up on you every month or anythng like that. If they have reason to, they can give you 15 days notice and ask to see your portfolio, but this is extremely rare.

I know some states want some kind of information submitted each quarter or semester. New York is quite strict, but I never heard of people coming to check up on you every month or requiring an evaluation every single month. That's just ridiculous! What's the point of home schooling then?

Answer 9

Unless you're enrolled through a PS (public school), or something along those lines, I can't imagine being checked on each month.  I don't know enough of the programs through PS to know if they check up on families this much.

As far as evaluations and so on, it depends on the state you're in.

You can check your state regs at the following sites:

http://www.hslda.org/laws/default.asp

http://www.nhen.org/leginfo/state_list.a...

NHEN normally includes links for further information specific to each state.

Answer 10

Each state and county will have different ways to do this.  You must check with your own county dept of pub education.

Usually, you can just sign up with an "umbrella" group, often a church, and pay a small fee for someone to supervise and approve your curriculum.

Evaluation is almost never more frequent than once a semester.

I have my son do his own power point presentation for his evals, and he has fun doing this.

Answer 11

depends on the state you live in...some states are more stricter than others and have more rules and regulations than others. where i live no one checks up on you. you only have to sign your kids up...turn in attendance cards....at the begging of every year. after that...there is no standardized tests...you teach whatever you feel like and no one will every check up on you unless there is some report of abuse or neglect.

Answer 12

The only way I can think of where they will check on you that often is when you are "homeschooling" through the Public School system.  That is not legally the same thing as homeschooling.

Answer 13

Not in my state. They have no right to do so, nor should they.

Answer 14

Depends on the State where you are.  When you take your child or children out of public school you need to let the county superintendent know,usually by writing a paper explaining why you are taking them out.  The only requirements in Oklahoma right now is that the children have to take a test before re-entering the public school to see where their level of learning is.  There are other means of homeschooling if you don't want to deal with state checks.

Such as enrolling you child in an online school of your choice.  If you don't have alot of money you can get some curriculum from free websites.  Enter free kid curriculum.

I hope this help you.  Thanks for asking.

RanaP

Answer 15

Not in our state.  We have to give a standardized test once a school year and keep attendance records.  This is the first year that they have asked for a voluntary mailed in report which will include the test results and attendance.  We are by law required to keep these records in our home but not required to send copies to the state.

It's not problem for us.  Our son was in public school and had terrible test scores.  If they were not ashamed of the results that they had, I'm surely not going to be ashamed of the results that we have had at home.

Answer 16

I've never heard of ANY state checking in on homeschoolers every month. The manpower that would require would be enormous. Of course, I'm thinking of Canada and the US here. If you live somewhere else, the rules can be completely different.

Evaluations, IF they are required, are no more than once a year from everything I've heard. Again, if you don't live in Canada or the US, this may not apply to you.

Answer 17

Different states have different rules, there are indeed some states who require monitoring; I would not know how that works.

In our state we are only required to notify the County School Super Intended, and keep attendance records, which is kind of silly since our children are always in "attendance" as home schoolers; after that we are solely responsible for the education, method, time, place, materials and other activities that may relate to home schooling our children.

We are not subject to any form of unnecessary, or intrusive government oversight.

The only state that comes to mind that does have very strict rules is North Dakota.

You can check at http://www.hslda.org what your state guidelines for home schooling are.