Ohio School Law: Homeschooling

Access to public school extracurricular activities by homeschooled students

Diploma granted by parent if homeschooling is completed

Compulsory attendance in school

Excuses from Compulsory Attendance for Home Education. Parents can set curriculum, but must teach certain topics, unless a topic conflicts with their religion

Suggested way of notifying Superintendent that you will be homeschooling your child.

Would allow public schools to employ chaplains

Budget bill for 2024-2025. DeWine signed it. Enacts the Data Act, an election reform measure. It includes more scholarships to private schools. Homeschooled students can now get these scholarships. Strips Ohio’s Board of Education of most of its power, transferring it instead to a newly-created Department of Education and Workforce within the governor’s office. It also relaxes some home-school requirements.

Oh. Dept. of Ed.

Oh. Dept. of Ed.

Ohio Capital Journal 2/14/23