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2008 SESSION
HB 1183 Home instruction of children; requirements.
Introduced by: L. Scott Lingamfelter | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Requirements for home instruction of children. Provides that an appropriate evaluation that a parent may submit to the division superintendent in order to indicate an adequate level of educational growth and progress includes: (i) an evaluation letter from a person licensed to teach in any state, or a person with a master's degree or higher in the field of education, having knowledge of the child’s academic progress, stating that the child is achieving an adequate level of educational growth and progress; or (ii) a report card or transcript from a community college or college, college distance learning program, or home education correspondence school.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Requirements for home instruction of children. Provides that an appropriate evaluation that a parent may submit to the division superintendent in order to indicate an adequate level of educational growth and progress includes: (i) a letter from a person licensed to teach in any state, or a person employed as a teacher in a private school in Virginia, or a person with a master's degree or higher in the field of education stating that the child is achieving an adequate level of educational growth and progress; (ii) a portfolio containing a sample of the child's work each quarter in math and language arts; and (iii) a report card from a private school in Virginia, college distance learning program, or home education correspondence school.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Requirements for home instruction of children. Provides three additional options for parents to provide evidence of progress of the child receiving home instruction including: (i) a letter from a person licensed to teach in any state, or a person employed as a teacher in a private school in Virginia, or a person with a master's degree or higher in the field of education stating that the child is achieving an adequate level of educational growth and progress; (ii) a portfolio containing a sample of the child's work each quarter in math and language arts; and (iii) a report card from a private school in Virginia, college distance learning program, or home education correspondence school.