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Home-schooling advocate urges narrower district oversight and clarity on kindergarten reporting
Summary
Jen Curry, identifying herself as a state home-school coordinator, praised the draft home-school policy but said the district should verify inclusion of core subjects rather than dictate instructional methods and raised a question about mandatory reporting for 5-year-olds.
Jen Curry, who said she is the state coordinator for a home-school organization, told the committee she appreciates the work on the draft home-school policy but warned the district was taking too supervisory an approach to the statutory "substantially equal" standard. She told the committee the statute requires mandatory core subjects such as reading and writing and that the district's role is to verify those subjects are included in a family's plan "not to oversee and dictate how they're carried out."
Curry also raised a concern about the requirement that 5-year-olds be reported and suggested a potential conflict with the compulsory age rule (six by Sept. 1), urging clarity for families considering kindergarten at home. The committee thanked Curry, said the subcommittee will consider public input, and reminded the room that this was a first reading.
