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IN THIS CHAPTER

Homeschooling the legal way

Finding your state law

Determining the year length

Interacting with school officials

Homeschooling is legal in every state in the United States (also in Canada, if you happen to live in the northern half of North America). Really. It is.

What makes the home education process a bit sticky is that each state governs its own homeschoolers. That means that what I do in Indiana to comply with state law isn’t what you may do if you live in California or North Carolina. If you live in one state and plan to stay there for a while, you learn the homeschooling ins and outs in your area and you know what you need to do. The interesting part comes if your family moves every few years or so; then you may find yourself homeschooling in a state whose requirements are radically different from the state you left.

In this chapter, you can find the ins and outs of dancing the state-law samba. Whether you need to know the number of days that your state requires you to homeschool each year or you’re dying to read the educational code that pertains to you while you sip the day’s last cup of coffee, this is where you begin. If you find that you still have questions after reading this chapter, those are the queries to take to your state homeschool association. (Much as I’d like to help you out, I can’t take the time to memorize the laws for all 50 states plus the provinces of Canada. Like you, I have kids to educate.)