West Virginia school board deciding what makes a homeschooler

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Mineral school board puts off home-schooling policy decision, 16 April 2008, Cumberland Times-News, Cumberland, Maryland

After a lengthy and detailed discussion on the proposed policy on home-schooling students, the Mineral County Board of Education decided Tuesday to postpone any action until they can answer a series of questions originally posed by the Keyser High School Guidance Department.  …

Noting that the guidance counselors had commented that they were noticing more and more home-schooled students taking an increasing number of classes, Marsh said the counselors requested clarification as to what exactly constitutes a full-time student.

The students in question were enrolled in four classes.  … the state official had told her that “you can’t be home-schooled and a full-time student at the same time.”   …

The counselors also questioned how the programs of study are being monitored for home-school students, and whether home-school students wishing to enroll in school could conceivably be enrolled ahead of a full-time student, bumping him or her out of a class they need for their program of study.

Wimer questioned the fairness of home-schooled students picking their own courses and not being required to follow programs of study or requirements of graduation like the full-time students.  …

    

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