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Avner, Jane A. – School Library Journal, 1989
Discusses various aspects of home schooling, including reasons that parents choose home schooling, two major schools of thought on home education, historical perspectives, and legal issues. The role of the public library is examined and some services offered to home schoolers are described. A bibliography of books for parents is provided. (10…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Schooling, Library Role
Klicka, Christopher J. – 1997
This document summarizes home-school laws in each of the 50 states. The first part highlights features of state statutes. By 1997, 35 states had adopted home-school statutes or regulations. Forty-one states did not require home-schooling parents to have any specific qualifications. The second part provides profiles of each of the 50 state's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Schooling
Winter, Phoebe C. – 1989
This paper includes a discussion of South Carolina's 1988 amendment to the law regulating home schooling instruction. A brief history of the law and the amendment is provided. Prior to the passage of the amendment, the State Board of Education approved home instruction programs. The amendment specifies: (1) procedures for application; (2)…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Educational Environment, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textAlberta Education, 2013
The education of students is fundamental to shaping a preferred provincial, national and global future. It is also essential in maintaining Alberta's standard of living and ensuring its global competitiveness. The education system must simultaneously prepare the citizens of tomorrow while equipping the students with the knowledge and skills they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Planning, Educational Legislation, Parents
Peer reviewedReinhiller, Noell; Thomas, Gloria Jean – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1996
Reviews the development of home schooling and compulsory education, explores how special education law is interpreted within the framework of home-based education, summarizes state laws that affect home schooling and special education services in rural Minnesota and North Dakota, and summarizes litigation involving home-schooling and special needs…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Court Litigation, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Christy, W. Keith; McNeal, Larry – 1999
During the 1980s and 1990s, state legislatures became significantly involved in developing policy that determined how and where students should be offered their K-12 education. These legislative acts have occurred most notably in the passage of revision of policy dealing with public school finance, charter schools, home schools, choice enrollment,…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Charter Schools, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
