10 Freest States For Home Schooling

• States requiring no notice: No state requirement for parents to initiate any contact
• States with low regulation: State requires parental notification only.
• States with moderate regulation: State requires parents to send notification, test scores, and/orprofessional evaluation of student progress.
• State with high regulation: State requires parents to send notification or achievement test scores and/orprofessional evaluation, plus other requirements (e.g. curriculum approval by the state, teacherqualification of parents, or home visits by state officials). (Source: HSLDA).

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 States requiring no notice

 States with low regulation

 States with moderate regulation

 State with high regulation

 

The 10 freest states for homeschooling are in green and listed below:

1. Alaska
2. Connecticut
3. Idaho
4. Illinois
5. Indiana
6. Michigan
7. Missouri
8. New Jersey
9. Oklahoma
10. Texas

People homeschool their children for many different reasons and they should have the right to opt out of any standardized curriculum. Unfortunately this is not the case in most states. But for those who are interesting in homeschooling with the ultimate freedom to unschool if they choose, the ten states above are your best locations.

Read more here: http://www.pakalertpress.com/2012/11/25/10-freest-states-for-homeschooling/