Ohio Homeschool
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Ohio homeschooling is governed by Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 3301.34. These regulatings are promulgated by the Ohio State Board of Education. One of the key provisions which might cause parents concern is Chapter 3301-24-04, Academic Assessment which provides: - notification to the superintendent each year of an assessment of the prior school year’s work. This notification is to be sent along with the notification that the parent is continuing to homeschool. The assessment will have to be based on a nationally normed, standardized accomplishment test which is: (1) administered by a certified teacher, a person in reciprocation consorted upon by the parents and the superintendent, or a person duly authorized by the publisher of the test to administer the exam; and - As an substitute to the test described above, the parents may provide a narrative written by a certified teacher, or other person mutually consorted upon by the parents and the superintendent, of a portfolio of the child’s school work. Or the parents may provide an assessment accorded upon by the parents and the superintendent. The parents are responsible for all costs of the academic assessment, except the parents may have the testing done free of charge by taking part in the public school testing program. Parents must not take the requisite for academic assessment lightly. If their child fails to demonstrate the proficiency expected by the State Board of Education, then the parent’s homeschool is placed on probation and the parents are required to submit a plan of remediation. Continued failure to demonstrate adequate for the purpose proficiency could result in the loss of the right to homeschool. |
