LEGISLATIVE ALERT!
The Ohio Department of Education has communicated via email that the deadline for providing public input to revising the Ohio home education rules will be extended to August 8, 2008. Please see the legislative alert on our home page for updated details.
LEGISLATIVE ALERT | 
melsey | July 15, 2008
By Adrian and Jen, July 15, 2008 @ 9:19 pm
Great that they extended the deadline!
By Ray Yearwood, July 22, 2008 @ 1:07 am
The state regulations for home educating children in Ohio have generally served families well. There is no need to make any reivisions at this time. Ohio has no need to follow California’s attempt to shut down home schoolers.
By Janet O'Brien, July 26, 2008 @ 7:18 pm
I think the rules you have for home schooling are working very well they way they are.I have a grandson that is being home schooled and I think it is working out with him.It works around their schedule for therapies.
Thank you
By Branko Banar, July 31, 2008 @ 8:36 pm
The regulations of the state of Ohio seem too strict as it is and I believe all who are interested in homeschooling should take this opportunity and recommend changes that will make it more liberal (in a good sense). For example the requirement of guarantee of 900 hours of education per year is too stiff and does not reflect the different nature of homeschooling when compared to traditional school. The amount of time needed to learn the same thing with one on one or in a small group is much decreased in comparrison to the traditional classroom where most of the time is spent disciplining the students. Also the powers given to the superintendant are too great. It is the right (and duty) of the parents to be their children’s primary educators after all and there are other states that are far more liberal than Ohio.