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DIvvy Group Kreager (The Current Homeschooling Environment (Ohio’s…

- - - - "states using these laws regulate homeschooling as an arm of the private school system." (p. 234)
        
        EX: California
    - - "These laws exempt children from compulsory attendance laws so long as they receive equivalent instruction elsewhere
        
        EX: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey
        
        Massachusetts’s Equivalency Law
        
        “Like Connecticut, Massachusetts utilizes equivalency laws to regulate homeschooling.134 Parents wishing to homeschool their children in Massachusetts must obtain approval from the local school superintendent or school committee.135 In Care and Protection of Charles, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts interpreted the Massachusetts private schooling statute as providing the same standard for approving both home schools and private schools” (Kreager, 2010, p. 238)
        
        New Jersey's Equivalency Law
        
        "“Upon a showing of equivalent instruction, the burden shifts to the state to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the parent did not provide equivalent instruction” (Kreager Jr., R. p.240)
        
        Connecticut's Equivalency Law
        
        Teacher qualification requirements or standardized test requirements do not apply
        
        do not require parents to notify school officials of intent to homeschool
        
        "Parents wishing to homeschool must participate in an annual portfolio review with school officials to ensure the provision of equivalent instruction." (p. 237).
        
        increased protection to parents who homeschool kids for religious reasons
- - - - Safety of student is priority over 1st Amendment rights