Homeschool Hop #7- State Req's

By Request Theme For The Week: State Requirements

In Wyoming, the requirements are very favorable to homeschoolers. I am from Oregon and the laws here are much more lax than Oregon. I am very glad to have started here! Hopefully where ever we move it will be acceptable to homeschool without harassment.

Wyoming (taken from HSLDA site at http://www.hslda.org/laws/analysis/Wyoming.pdf)

Compulsory Attendance Ages: “whose seventh birthday falls on or before September 15 of any year and who has not yet attained his sixteenth birthday or completed the tenth grade….” Wyoming Statutes § 21-4-102.

Required Days of Instruction: Wyoming Statutes § 21-4-301 – 175 days for public and private schools. (Wow, I actually thought it was 180!!)

Required Subjects: A “‘basic academic educational program’ is one that provides a sequentially progressive curriculum of fundamental instruction in reading, writing, mathematics, civics, history, literature, and science.” Wyo. Stat. § 21-4-101(a)(vi). (This means that we must submit with out intent to homeschool a list or scope & sequence of the curriculum that we intend to use.)

Home School Statute: Wyo. Stat. §§ 21-4-101,-102.

1. Parents must annually submit a curriculum to the local board of trustees showing that a “basic academic educational program” is provided. Wyo. Stat. § 21-4-102(b).

2. “These curriculum requirements do not require any private school or home-based educational program to include in its curriculum any concept, topic or practice in conflict with its religious doctrines or to exclude from its curriculum any concept, topic or practice consistent with its religious doctrines.” Wyo. Stat. § 21-4-101(a)(vi).

3. Failure to submit a curriculum showing compliance is prima facie evidence that the home-based education program does not meet the requirements of the statute. Wyo. Stat. § 21-4-102(b).

4. An instructional program provided to more than one family unit does not constitute a home-based educational program. Wyo. Stat. § 21-4-101(a)(v).

Alternative Statutes Allowing for Home Schools: Wyo. Stat. § 21-4-101(a)(iv).

If a home school is “one operated under the auspices or control of a local church or religious congregation or a denomination,” it may be regarded as a parochial, church, or religious school. Such schools are exempt from state regulation pursuant to § 21-2-406. “Nothing contained in W.S. 21-4-102(b), 21-2-401 or 21-2-406 grants to the state of Wyoming…any right or authority to control, manage, [or] supervise…any parochial, church, or religious school which meets the requirements of W.S. 21-2-406(a).”

Teacher Qualifications: None.

Standardized Tests: None.

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