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Homeschooling Laws for Indiana (IN) - Legal Statutes, Notice of Intent, Testing, Record Keeping, etc.
Homeschooling » Laws » Indiana Indiana (IN) State - Homeschooling Laws and Regulations Homeschooling is legal in every American state. The Department of Education states, "Parents in all 50 states and the District of Columbia have the option to home school their children"
Indiana: "Home schools in Indiana are nonpublic, nonaccredited schools. Home educators must teach a minimum of 180 days per calendar year. They choose the days and keep attendance records. Home school educators must register by submitting their grade level enrollment to the Indiana Department of Education. [See note below.] Indiana Code §20-8.1-3-23(c); §20-8.1-3-24(b). Instruction given in a home school must be equivalent to instruction received in a public school. State law does not define equivalency of instruction. Indiana Code §20-8.1-3-34. State law exempts home schools from the curriculum and program requirements which public schools must follow. Indiana Code §20-8.1-3-17.3. Home educated students can participate, with the approval of the superintendent or the school board, in public school educational activities. Indiana Code §208.1-3-17.3. Participation in elementary or junior high athletics is at the discretion of the public school. Participation in high school athletics is rare because the home schooled student's educational program must also conform to the bylaws of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Home school students may not take ISTEP+ or any other public school administered test unless they are enrolled in a public school for at least one period a day. Home schooled children will not receive a diploma from the local public school or from the state. Seventeen-year-old students may take the examination for the General Equivalency Development (GED) Certificate." (Source: "State Regulation of Private Schools," Indiana, by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Non-Public Education (2000).)
"Parents who choose to home educate may report their homeschool’s enrollment to the Indiana Department of Education" (Indiana Code § 20-33-2-21).
The two quotes above give contrary direction regarding enrollment. The actual Indiana statute states: "In a private school, the record shall be required to be kept solely to verify the enrollment and attendance of any particular child upon request of the state superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent of the school corporation in which the private school is located" (Indiana Code §20-8.1-3-23(c)). The enrollment mentioned in the Indiana statute appears to refer to the enrollment within the private school, not "enrollment to the Indiana Department of Education," as interpreted by the U.S. Department of Education's State Regulation of Private Schools. HSLDA interprets enrollment as "not required under state law and entirely voluntary" (source). LINKS TO HELPFUL SITES
http://www.doe.in.gov/sservices/homed.htm http://www.doe.in.gov/sservices/homeschool/index.html Statutes: http://www.ai.org/legislative/ic/code/title20/ar33/ch2.html http://www.doe.in.gov/standards/welcome2.html http://www.doe.in.gov/sservices/hse_support.html Counties
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