Home Schooling
Students may be home schooled at any time. However, to comply with the compulsory attendance law, parents of students between the ages of 7-18 must notify their local Education Service District (ESD) of their intent to home school within 10 days of beginning to home school or withdrawing their child from school or moving to a new ESD region.
[ORS
339.030 and 339.035;
OAR
581-021-0026(4)]
Home-schooled students must be tested at grades 3, 5, 8 and 10 by a qualified neutral person using one of the following tests:
- California Achievement Test
- Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills
- Iowa Test of Basic Skills/Test of Achievement and Proficiency
- Metropolitan Achievement Battery
- Stanford Achievement Test Battery
A qualified neutral person is defined by
OAR
581-021-0026(1)(e) and (i).
Participation in interscholastic activities by home-schooled students is allowed under
ORS 339.460 and
OAR 581-021 and
581-021-0033. The school’s athletic director and the
Oregon School Activities Association
(OSAA) have the specific eligibility requirements. The home school parent is responsible for any fees charged for participation in such activities.
For more information about home school requirements, see the Oregon Guidelines for Home Schooling and other resources on the ODE Web
site under Home
Schooling.
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