Senate Bill No. 56 (Effective July 1, 1998)
HOME-BASED EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN
2-33-104.5. Home-based education - legislative declaration - definitions - guidelines.
The general assembly hereby declares that it is the primary right and obligation of the parent to choose the proper education and training for children under his care and supervision. It is recognized that home-based education is a legitimate alternative to classroom attendance for the instruction of children and that any regulation of nonpublic home-based educational programs should besufficiently flexible to accommodate a variety of circumstances. The general assembly further declares that nonpublic home-based educational programs shall be subject only to minimum state controls which are currently applicable to other forms of nonpublic education. Any parent establishing a nonpublic home-based educational program shall provide written notification of the establishment of said program to a school district within the state fourteen (14) days prior to the establishment of said program and each year thereafter if the program is maintained.