Christine

I got this off of another list.. figured there were so many on this list in
Ohio, this might be needed. If you all already know about this, please
excuse the repost :)

Christine - S. CA.

> >
> Dear Friends,
>
> The Butler County Superintendent (Butler County, OHIO) has sent all home
> schoolers a request to update their intent to home school next year.
> PLEASE DO
> NOT USE THEIR FORM! If you belong to a Butler County home school group
> please
> be sure to notify your friends as well. At the end of this message I have
> provided a URL to a Notification Form which meets the state minimum
> requirements for annual notification. As well, I have attached the text
> from
> this form for those on JUNO.
>
> Butler County has requested the following not required by law.
> 1. Name of school system you reside in.
> 2. Home phone number (labeled optional)
> 3. Have asked you to specify the home school parents level of education.
> This is not required by law. By law you only
> have to agree that you meet one of the criteria,
> you do not need to tell them which one you meet!
> 4. Stated in their cover letter that they "need to notify everyone" about
> your
> home school activities.
> I have not called to determine what this means,
> however, State Law does not require or stipulate
> that any other state agencies or educational
> institutions should be notified about your intent
> to home school your child. I plan to call the
> Superintendent tomorrow to determine the
> extent of this comment.
>
> Andrew Bare - At-HomeDad, Home Schooler
>
> <http://www.infinet.com/~baugust/assess.html>Notification and Assessment
> Forms
>
> Below is the text from the notification form provided at the
> above URL compliments of Belinda F. Augustus
> (<http://www.infinet.com/~baugust/>Home Schooling Daily)
>
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>
> Home Education Notification Form
>
> 3301-34-02 Statement of Purpose
> The purpose of the rules in this chapter is to prescribe conditions
> governing
> the issuance of excuses from school attendance under
> section 3321.04 of the Revised Code, to provide for the consistent
> application
> thereof throughout the state by superintendents, and
> to safeguard the primary right of parents to provide the education for
> their
> child(ren). Home education must be in accordance
> with law.
>
> 3301-34-03 Notification
> (A) A parent who elects to provide home education shall supply the
> following
> information to the superintendent:
>
> (1) School year for which notification is made; 19_____
>
> (2) Name of parent,
> _____________________________________________________
>
> Address,
> _____________________________________________________
>
> _____________________________________________________
> Telephone Number (optional);
> ______________________________________________
>
> (3) Name, address, and telephone number (telephone number optional) of
> person(s) who will be teaching the child the subjects set
> forth in paragraph (A) of this rule, of other than the parent:
>
> Name
> ____________________________________________________
> Address,
> ____________________________________________________
>
> ____________________________________________________
> Telephone Number (optional);
> ____________________________________________
>
>
> (4) Full name and birth date of child to be educated at home;
> ____________________________________________
> ______________
>
> ____________________________________________
> ______________
>
> ____________________________________________
> ______________
>
> ____________________________________________
> ______________
>
> ____________________________________________
> ______________
>
>
> (5) _______ Assurance that home education will include the following,
> except
> that home education shall not be required to
> include any concept, topic, or practice that is in conflict with the
> sincerely
> held religious beliefs of the parent;
>
> (a) language, reading, spelling and writing;
> (b) geography, history of the United States and Ohio; and national,
> State,
> and local government;
> (c) mathematics;
> (d) science;
> (e) health;
> (f) physical education;
> (g) fine arts, including music; and
> (h) first aid, safety, and fire prevention.
>
> (6) ________Brief outline of the intended curriculum for the current year.
> Such
> outline is for informational purposes only.
> (attached)
>
> (7) List of
>
> ___textbooks,
> ___correspondence courses, or
> ___commercial curricula, or
> ___other basic teaching materials that the parent intends to use for
> home
> education Such list is for informational purposes
> only. (attached)
>
> (8) ___Assurance that the child will be provided a minimum of nine
> hundred
> hours of home education each school year.
>
> (9) ___Assurance that the home teacher has one of the following
> qualifications:
>
> (a) a high school diploma; or
> (b) the certificate of high school equivalence; or
> (c) standardized test scores that demonstrate high school
> equivalence;
> (d) or other equivalent credentials found appropriate by the
> superintendent: of
> (e) lacking the above, the home teacher must work under the
direction
> of
> a person holding a baccalaureate degree from a
> recognized college until the child's or children's test results
> demonstrate reasonable proficiency or until the home teacher
> obtains a high school diploma or the certificate of high school
> equivalence
>
>
>
> (10) The parent(s) shall affirm the information supplied with his or her
> signature prior to providing it to the superintendent.
>
>
>
>
> Signature_____________________________ Date________________
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 3301-34-04 Academic Assessment
>
> (A) The parent(s) shall send to the superintendent an academic assessment
> report of the child for the previous school year at the
> time of supplying subsequent notification.
>
> (B) The academic assessment report shall provide one of the following:
> (attached)
>
> (1) ___ Results of a nationally normed, standardized achievement
> test: or
>
> (2) ___ A written narrative; or
> (3) ___ An alternative academic assessment.
>
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