Home Schooling in Indiana

Some of the most creative and brightest students are not in the traditional school setting.  They are often "outside the box" thinkers.  Even if a student is in a traditional school setting, they can benefit from homeschooling resources.

Indiana Department of Education

Link:  http://www.doe.in.gov/student-services/home-school  
Parents who choose to home educate their children may report their homeschool’s enrollment to the Indiana Department of Education (IC 20-33-2-21).

• Homeschool Help Sheet
• State Standards
• When a Homeschooled Child Returns to Public School
• Indiana University's Independent Study High School Program offers correspondence and online courses to supplement your current homeschool curriculum or to earn a diploma from the Indiana University High School. For information on accreditation, contact Indiana University.
• IUHS Announces New Academic Diploma

The compulsory school attendance law requires all children to attend a school taught in the English language from either the start of the school year during which a child will turn 7 (if the child is to attend a public school), or at age 7 (if the child is to attend a nonaccredited, nonpublic school {including, but not limited to, a "homeschool"}).

Register your homeschool

• Homeschool Enrollment Form
• Nonaccredited/nonpublic High School Transfer Memo
• Withdrawal from public school to nonaccredited/nonpublic school Form

Government Links

• CORE 40

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A2Z Home's Cool

Link:  http://a2zhomeschooling.com/
How to have a totally free K12 homeschool experience online and off.

Lesson Plans for Free
Websites that have structured lesson plans. Usually these have goals and objectives and meet state standards.

Free Homeschooling Curriculum Materials
You can build a curriculum for free or for very little or by borrowing.

Free Math Worksheets
Assign online or print out. All grade levels.

Free Resources
A sortable database for free curriculum online and off. Sort by age, topic, and specific terms.

Free Science Curriculum Materials
Borrow alternative dissection materials. Free multimedia materials and science topic books and posters.

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Indiana Foundation for Home Schooling

Link:  http://www.indianahomeschooling.org/
To advocate for the homeschooling community, to support & educate families by connecting them to resources & to inspire students to achieve their potential by providing recognition & opportunities, especially in the areas of high school, college, careers & life goals.

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Home Schooling in Michigan

Michigan Department of Education

Link:  http://www.michigan.gov/documents/home_schools_122555_7.pdf
Instruction must include mathematics, reading, English, science, and social studies in all grades; and the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of Michigan, and the history and present form of civil government of the United States, the State of Michigan, and the political subdivisions and municipalities of the State of Michigan in grades 10, 11, and 12.