This website explains the technique and requirements for homeschooling children. Section 7 of the Education Act of 1996 places the burden of ensuring that their kid of compulsory school age obtains a sufficient education, whether through regular attendance at school or otherwise, squarely on the shoulders of parents. This may be accomplished by homeschooling your child. A parent who chooses to home-school his or her child must have an acceptable reason for doing so. The reason cannot be solely because the parent believes that school is ineffective or that he or she can teach their child at home. The Education Act of 1996 states that parents may not home-school their children simply because it is convenient or they believe it is better for their child this way. Parents also cannot use homeschooling as a method of avoiding the requirement that their child obtain a sufficient number of educational hours. For example, a parent cannot claim that it is too expensive to send his or her child to school full time and therefore will not send him or her at all. The law requires that children attend school every day except when they are hospitalized or traveling abroad. Parents who choose to home-school their children need to be aware of some important requirements under Illinois law. First, each student in grades 9-12 must complete a minimum of 60 instructional hours per year to satisfy the graduation requirement. The hours can come from any source including self-directed study, community colleges, vocational schools, etc.