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HOMESCHOOLING IN THE RIVER VALLEYArkansas Homeschooling Laws Arkansas children who are five to seventeen years old on or before September 15 must be enrolled in school. Parents and legal guardians may choose to educate their children in a public or private school or at home. Families who wish to educate their children at home are required to submit a Notice of Intent and Waiver to their local school superintendent no later than August 15 if starting in the fall semester. If beginning in the spring semester, this Notice must be submitted before December 15. If removing a child from school, parents must turn in the Notice fourteen days before beginning homeschooling. This waiting period may be waived by the superintendent.Home school children are required to take standardized tests to match those required of public schooled students. Currently, Third through Ninth grade students must take the Iowa Test of Basic Skills in early March. Testing is free when required by law. There is no minimum score required, and individual test scores are not sent to anyone but the parents. A public school student who is under disciplinary action is not eligle to begin homeschooling, except in certain circumstances. Failure to comply with any of these regulations constitutes truancy. For more information, visit:HSLDA Arkansas Info Arkansas Deptartment of Education Oklahoma Homeschooling Laws Home education is a protected right in the Oklahoma Constitution. Oklahoma children who are over age five and under the age of fifteen are required to attend some school, unless other means of education are provided for the full term the schools of the district are in season. This means that a student must be taught for 175 days per year. Some courts have suggested that children taught at home should receive an education that is "adequate or comparable" to that a public schooled child would receive. Although the state has no authority over homeschooling and has no requirments on subjects taught, it is wise to note that public school students are required to show competency in language, mathematics, science, social studies, and communication. For more information, visit |
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