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SSA - POMS: PS 08005.017 - Indiana - 07/12/2011
PS 08005.017 Indiana
A. PS 11-116 Clarification of Home Schooling Requirements in Indiana
Indiana law pertinent to how many hours per day a home school instructor teaches has changed, and this opinion modifies PS 02-096 (1/31/01), PS 01-230 (11/8/01), and PS 00-015 (1/31/01).
B. PS 02-096 Qualifications for Home Schools Under the Laws of the Six States in Region V
You have requested information regarding the educational institution (EI) requirements for each state in the Chicago region. Section 202(d)(7)(c)(i) of the Social Security Act defines an elementary or secondary school as a school which provides elementary or secondary education, respectively, as determined under the law of the state in which it is located. This definition also appears in 20 C.F.R. § 404.367 which addresses the federal full-time attendance requirement for student benefits. 20 C.F.R. § 404.367(a)(1) provides that a student is instructed in an elementary or secondary education at home if such education is provided in accordance with the home school laws of the state in which the student resides. The Program Operations Manual System (POMS) provides that a home schooled child is eligible for student benefits if the student meets the federal standards for full-time attendance[1] , the law of the state in which the home school is located recognizes a home school as an EI, and the home school attended by the student meets the requirements of the state laws in which the home school is located. POMS RS 00205.275(B). A home school instructor must submit evidence that the school meets the state requirements for home schools. POMS RS 00205.275(C). The following is a survey of the state law requirements for EIs and home schools in each of the states in the Chicago region.
Illinois law requires whoever has custody or control of a child between the ages of 7 and 16 years to see that the child attends a public school in the district where the child resides. 105 ILCS § 5/26-1 (2000).[2] A child attending a private or parochial school is exempted from this requirement, as long as the education includes instruction in the branches of education taught to children of corresponding age and grade in the public schools and the education is being given in the English language. 105 ILCS 5/26-1(1). “Private school” has been interpreted by the courts to include home schools “where the teacher is competent, the required subjects are taught, and the child receives and education at least equivalent to public schooling.” People v. Harrell, 34 Ill. App. 2d 205, 208, 180 N.E.2d 889, 890 (1962), citing People v. Levisen, 404 Ill. 574, 90 N.E.2d 213 (1950). Parents and guardians who choose the home school option have the burden of showing that they have, in good faith, provided adequate instruction in the required branches of learning. Levisen, 34 Ill. at 578, 18 N.E.2d at 215-16.
An education “equivalent to public schooling” must include instruction in the branches of education taught in the public schools. 105 ICLS 5/26-1(1); see Levisen, 404 Ill. at 578, 90 N.E.2d at 215. Courses requisite for a high school diploma are: (1) three years of language arts; (2) two years of mathematics, one of which may be related to computer technology; (3) one year of science; (4) two years of social studies, at least one of which must be history of the United States or a combination of U.S. history and American government; and (5) one year chosen from music, art, foreign language (which includes American Sign Language) or vocational education. 105 ICLS § 5/27-22.[3] Additionally, Illinois requires five hours of school work per day (105 ILCS § 5/18-8.05(F)(1)) in a school year which includes at least 176 days of actual student attendance for a total of 880 hours per year. 105 ILCS §§ 5/10-19 and 5/18-8.05(F)(1). A parent or guardian home schooling his or her child should be prepared to present information regarding the courses to be taught with a specific emphasis on the branches of learning taught in the public schools, the length of time instruction is offered, including days per year and hours per day, the competency of the teacher and a basis upon which the child's performance will be compared to public school children of corresponding age and grade level. See Levisen, 404 Ill. at 577, 90 N.E.2d at 215; Harrel, 34 Ill. at 208, 180 N.E.2d at 890-91.
In Wisconsin, the compulsory school attendance law generally requires the person having control of a child between the ages of 6 and 18 to attend either a public or private school “regularly”[4] during the full period and hours, excepting religious holidays, that the school in which the child should be enrolled is in session, until the term in which the child turns 18. Wis. Stat. § 118.15(1)(a) (1999). A child engaged in a home-based program which meets all of the criteria under Wis. Stat. § 118.165(1), may substitute that instruction for public or private school attendance. Wis. Stat. § 118.15(4). The administrator of a home-based educational program must submit to the Department of Public Instruction by October 15, a statement of the enrollment of elementary and/or high school age students and a report indicating whether the program meets all of the criteria under Wis. Stat. § 118.165(1). Wis. Stat. § 115.30(3) (1999). It should be noted that the state defines a “home-based private educational program” as a program provided to a child by the child's parent or guardian, or by a person designated by the parent or guardian; if the program provides for more than one family unit, it is not a home-based private educational program. Wis. Stat. § 115.001(3g) (1999).
C. PS 01-230 Home Schooling in Indiana; The G~ Home School; Claimant Lindsey M. G~; SSN ~; Your Ref: S2D5G3
D. PS 00-015 Qualifications For Home Schools Under The Laws In Region V
Indiana law states that it is unlawful for a parent to fail, neglect or refuse to send a child to public school for the full term "unless the child is being provided with instruction equivalent to that given in the public schools." Ind. Code § 20-8.1-3-34. Home schools may satisfy the requirements of this statute. Ind. Code § 20-8.1-3-17(h)(2); Mazanec v. North Judson-San Pierre School Corp. , 614 F.Supp. 1152, 1159 (N.D. Ind. 1983), affirmed 798 F.2d 230 (7th Cir. 1986). Generally, a child is subject to the compulsory attendance law from the earlier of the date the child officially enrolls in a school or the beginning of the fall term for the school year in which the child will turn 7 years of age, until the child graduates, reaches the age of 16 but less than 18, and meets the withdrawal requirements of Ind. Code § 20-8.1-3-17(j), or reaches the age of 18. Ind. Code § 20-8.1-3-17(b). However, a child whose parent or guardian intends to enroll the child in a nonaccredited, nonpublic school or to provide the child with instruction equivalent to that given in a public school, is not subject to the compulsory attendance law until the child reaches the age of 7. Ind. Code § 20-8.1-3-17(h). The parent or guardian of a such a child must certify to the superintendent of the relevant school corporation of their intention. Id.
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