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:1999 - 2000

(2) Name of parent: Jane Doe__________________________________________

Address: ________555 W. 55th St. ______________________________________

_______ ________My City, Ohio 55555-5555 ______________________________

Telephone Number (optional) ___________________________________________

(3) Name, address and telephone number (telephone number is optional) of person(s) who will be teaching the child subjects set forth in paragraphs (A) of this rule, if other than the parent:

Name: ______________________________________________________________

Address:_____________________________________________________________

Telephone Number (optional) ______________________________________________

(4) Full name and birthdate of child(ren) to be educated at home:

John Wayne Doe ____________________________________________January 1, 1989

Mary Jane Doe_____________________________________________ February 1, 1990

______________________________________________________________________

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(5) _X_ 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 sincerely held 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) _X_ Brief outline of the intended curriculum for the current year. Such outline is for informational purposes only. (attached)

(7) List of

____ textbooks,

____ correspondence courses,

____ commercial curricula, or

_X__other basic teaching materials that the parent intends to use for home education. Such list is for informational purposes only. (attached)

(8) _ X_ Assurance that the child will be provided a minimum of nine hundred hours of home education each school year

(9) _ X_ 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; or

(d) Other equivalent credential found appropriate by the superintendent; or

(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 above information supplied with his or her signature prior to providing it to the superintendent.

   Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 3319.32 1(B)(2)(a), we hereby inform the school board that no personally identifiable information, including directory information, should be released without our prior written consent.

Signature__________________________________ _ _____Date: ________________

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This section is used after your first year of homeschooling when sending in your second year of notification

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 include 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