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In addition to that..... IN Homeschool Laws and Regulations per the DOE site.

CAN PARENTS ALREADY IN TROUBLE FOR EVENTS OCCURRING IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL (I.E., TRUANCY OR EDUCATIONAL NEGLECT) AVOID LEGAL ACTION BY TRANSFERRING THEIR CHILDREN TO HOME SCHOOL?
Not necessarily. While public schools have no jurisdiction over children once they are transferred to a nonpublic school, the transfer does not "clean the slate" of past bad behavior. Prosecutors may pursue charges brought prior to withdrawal if they believe it is in a child's best interest.

HOW DO WE KNOW THAT A CHILD IS BEING EDUCATED?
We don't. The law does not allow public education to supervise nonpublic schooling through testing, inspection, or curriculum approval. The home educating parent has assumed legal responsibility for the child's education and will be held accountable should minimum statutory requirements not be met.

Persons with specific reasons to believe a parent is unable or unwilling to educate his or her school-aged child are obligated to report this to the county child protective services office (IC 31-33-5-2). However, the solitary facts that a parent chooses to home educate, and/or fails to notify the State of his or her home school's grade level enrollment ("register"), are not, in and of themselves, cause for such a report, nor do they constitute educational neglect in and of themselves.

Anyone who intentionally files a fraudulent report may be subject to prosecution for malicious reporting under Indiana law.

"The home educating parent has assumed legal responsibility for the child's education and will be held accountable...."

I LOVE THIS! We are taking responsibility for our children! We really are. Even the state knows that.  More importantly than the standards of the state, we are held to a higher standard: God's. That is for every parent in every state and country in the history of the world!  Most of you who read my blog and comment are well aware of that, and are living accordingly - May God bless your endeavors!

    If you are interested in the requirements in IN for high school - or any "grade", for that matter, you can find what the state DOE is up to at: Indiana Dept. of Education. 

If you are interested specifically in high school diploma requirements, you can go here (you will need the Adobe Reader):
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS  REGARDING INDIANA’S NEW HIGH SCHOOL COURSE AND CREDIT REQUIREMENTS  June 2006

Keep in mind that there are 3 sets of 'requirements'. There is the General Diploma Requirements, the Core40 Diploma requirements, and the Academic Honors Diploma requirements. Each of these is addressed in this publication.

**Added**THIS is what I really wanted to link:

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7:44 PM, Saturday, September 9, 2006 .. Posted by trustingdaily

I'm rejoicing!

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12:22 AM, Sunday, September 10, 2006 .. Posted by gottsegnet

I'm sorry this is WAY off topc, but I realized I wasn't clear in my post regarding Susan Wise Bauer's Book. I'm correcting that now, but you actually have to leave a comment on her blog. You can leave one on mine, too. I always like comments, but I wanted to make sure you realized I'm not actually running the contest...only letting others know about it.

Sorry about that...I was in a hurry to attend to a fussy baby and I knew what I meant, even if it wasn't very clear to anyone else : )