Post by Logan on Mar 31, 2016 0:50:29 GMT -6
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed a bill earlier this month that will significantly reduce rules for West Virginia home-schooled students, as well as for parents who want to home-school their children.
The new law (HB 4175), which will take effect in late May, no longer will require annual assessment reporting for home-schooled students, whether they submit tests or portfolios. If their chosen test vendors allow it, parents now will be able to administer their kids’ tests, and teachers reviewing home-schoolers’ portfolios no longer will have to submit teacher certification numbers.
The law also lowers the threshold that home-schoolers must pass on tests to achieve “acceptable progress,” requires that county school superintendents show probable cause before seeking court orders denying home-schooling for kids, and it removes the annual requirement that parents notify their local superintendent or school board of their intent to home-school.
The new law requires just a one-time intent notification, unless the home-schooling provider moves to another county, and it will let parents provide the notification as late as the first day home-schooling is to start. For public school students, existing law requires notification at least two weeks before withdrawing the child.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160329/governor-signs-bill-easing-rules-for-home-schooling-in-wv
The new law (HB 4175), which will take effect in late May, no longer will require annual assessment reporting for home-schooled students, whether they submit tests or portfolios. If their chosen test vendors allow it, parents now will be able to administer their kids’ tests, and teachers reviewing home-schoolers’ portfolios no longer will have to submit teacher certification numbers.
The law also lowers the threshold that home-schoolers must pass on tests to achieve “acceptable progress,” requires that county school superintendents show probable cause before seeking court orders denying home-schooling for kids, and it removes the annual requirement that parents notify their local superintendent or school board of their intent to home-school.
The new law requires just a one-time intent notification, unless the home-schooling provider moves to another county, and it will let parents provide the notification as late as the first day home-schooling is to start. For public school students, existing law requires notification at least two weeks before withdrawing the child.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160329/governor-signs-bill-easing-rules-for-home-schooling-in-wv