Utterly Meaningless

Yep. We have to prove to the State that our kids “attend” homeschool for the same number of days as the schooled kids. So we have to send an attendance form, with an X marking the days the child was present. After the total number reaches 180 (the magic number required by law) then we can stop sending the forms, until next year.

It’s ridiculous busy work that serves no actual purpose. But we have no curriculum that must be overseen by an official teacher, and are not required to report test scores (the kids must take them but there’s no reporting requirement). So as silly as the attendance law is, it’s less intrusive to our freedom than the laws in other states.

Amazingly enough, my son had Perfect Attendance at our homeschool last year! :o)

This is the same as the minimum requirement for private/umbrella school hsers in FL.

Many of these schools require more but attendance is all that is required (after enrollment paperwork).

And it doesn’t have to be monthly — it can be quarterly or annual or whatever the school wants.

But it adds up to the same silly paperwork and lots of kids with “perfect attendance.” 🙂

Nance

Raising an interesting question about who’s more susceptible to the spectre of increased regulation, hsers feeling already burdened under the status quo, or those feeling very “free” and trying to defend that?

Or maybe both? It seemed to me those actively fighting anything like parttime participation were both Ohio-PA types already feeling most burdened, and also TX-CA total freedom types. While those of us in the middle feeling neither burdened nor totally free, saw less in the status quo to fight over either for OR against?

That would be my starting hypothesis. . .