Home Schooling in Wisconsin
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Today all states recognize home schooling as a legal option in terms ... Although home schooling has always existed in Wisconsin it has gained momentum ...
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Home Schooling in WisconsinPage 1from the Legislative Reference BureauWisconsin Briefs Brief 009 *Revised August 24 2000 HOME SCHOOLING IN WISCONSIN Home schooling is a growing educational phenomenon. Nationally it is estimated as many as 1.7 million children are being taught at home by their parents. It is estimated that the number of home schooled students is growing at a 715% rate each year far outdistancing the growth in the countrys school age population. Like charter schools magnet schools and private schools home schooling is seen as an alternative to conventional public schools often by families who wish to emphasize religious or other values and who believe this approach will better serve their children. Today all states recognize home schooling as a legal option in terms of their compulsory school attendance laws. Although home schooling has always existed in Wisconsin it has gained momentum since 1983 when the states compulsory school attendance laws were rewritten to formally recognize instruction in a homebased private educational program as an alternative to enrollment in a public or private school. Home school programs have grown from 1126 students in 198485 to 21134 in 19992000 reflecting 11803 family units. In the first five years enrollments increased an average of 40.2% annually probably reflecting the number of families that were home schooling but had not registered. In the next five years the average annual increase was 18.1% and in the last five years the figure has decreased to 9.5%. BACKGROUND Prior to the enactment of 1983 Wisconsin Act 512 there was no specific statutory provision recognizing home schooling as an alternative to compulsory attendance at a public or private school. The previous law required that a child attend school regularly either in public or private school unless the child received instruction elsewhere than at school. The statutes provided that instruction elsewhere than at school had to be approved by the sta ...
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us
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