Just got word of the following email convo btwn our district AD (Chris) and OHSAA: This is very good news! Our district had already implemented a no enrollment policy for everything but sports, so this won't be a big deal for them, policy-wise, but this info will be a huge blessing to those districts worried that their athletes/teams will lose the state's blessing if they allow non-enrolled homeschoolers to participate. I hope they don't make any attempts at finding an "end around" the new law.

The schools won't take a chance by crossing OHSAA. They have too much to lose. Still looking for someone w/ HSLDA membership to push this.

The schools won't take a chance by crossing OHSAA. They have too much to lose. Still looking for someone w/ HSLDA membership to push this.

Good luck tomorrow. Can you tell me where in the bill it states that the changes go into effect for the 2013/2014 school year? I can't find it.

Anybody here an HSLDA member? Would you consider contacting them to get their input? My school district, for one, is in no hurry to figure things out for us. It shouldn't take the threat of lawsuit to get them off their fannies, but maybe if hslda sent a letter or two and encouraged a school district to implement the policy, maybe others would fall in line.

Here is the response from the district's Athletic Director to my request for more info. My response follows. Doesn't sound like anything's gonna happen quickly. I suggest an email deluge to OHSAA and the State Board of Ed asking for prompt response to HB59. Hi Debbie, I would like to get an answer for your question regarding home schooling but it would be helpful if you were able to tell me exactly what you're looking for. I have read through section 3313 of HB 59 to familiarize myself. I have also contacted the Ohio High School Athletic Association to inquire about any changes to their bylaws in response to HB 59. To my understanding there has not been a change in their policy. Their current policy reads: Section 3. Enrollment and Attendance 4-3-1 All students participating in a school-sponsored sport must be enrolled in and attending full-time in accordance with all duly adopted Board of Education or similar governing board policies of that school. Exception 6: A student who is home schooled and is enrolled in a member school in accordance with the partial enrollment policy of a Board of Education or similar governing board may be eligible at the school where the student is enrolled and attending. Such partial enrollment policy requires that at least one of the courses be taken at the school’s physical location. note: A student entering a member school from a home school must do so at the beginning of the school year after having been home schooled for at least one calendar year. Failure to meet this one-year provision requires the student to be enrolled for a minimum of one grading period before the student can be declared eligible. Please let me know how else I can assist you in answer your question. Thanks, Chris Debbie Wescott <sebbiedue1@gmail.com> 1:41 PM (4 minutes ago) to Chris, Jim Thanks you for that information, Chris. I appreciate the legwork. My original request asked what if any changes would be made to KCS's existing process due to this new legislation, as I am in the midst of planning for my 8th-grader to sign up to take a class at Van Buren so she can run track this spring. It sounds from the above, that there are several more steps required at the state level before individual districts can consider how it may affect them. Do I understand correctly? I am not at all familiar with how this works. I would assume the State Board of Education and OHSAA will react to the legislation via whatever processes they are required to follow, before local districts take any action. Can you clarify what that process looks like and the timeline it will likely follow? I will continue as planned to enroll my daughter at Van Buren. Thank you again. ETA: I incorrectly stated the email was from our district's lawyer. It turns out it was from the athletic director. The superintendent did say in a previous email that he was asking the district lawyer to look into it, so I assumed the response was from the lawyer and didn't follow all the quoted text to the bottom of the email to see his signature block stating his job as AD.

2-a-days started here already for football. Our superintendent did not give particulars, snowbeltmom, only the comment in answer to my email that they had no idea this was coming. A recent board decision to lower the enrollment requirements to the minimum required by the state (which, before Sunday, was the 1 class enrollment to participate in sports (required by the OHSAA) is what brought us together for the pow-wow last spring. Our superintendent wanted to find out how to best get the word out and meet the needs of local homeschoolers who choose to participate. So, he at least, seems eager and open to the idea. The board seems to follow his lead, for the most part. I suspect, in our case, much of the legwork was done this past summer when they implemented their new policy. It is not clear, though, what will change and how soon.

No news coverage here in Kettering (Dayton area) either. I am in close contact with our district's superintendent as he invited several homeschooling families to a continuing pow-wow on the subject of homeschoolers and extra-curriculars. He and the board were blindsided by this legislation. I brought it to their attention. The Ohio State Board of Education has offered them no direction. They're winging it. As always, the onus will be on us to gently but persistently pursue the school district and make sure our children are considered in however they intend to implement the new regulations. Debbie

So I'm gathering from your responses, Sara & Pensguys, that these two programs address different aspects of the writing process. WWE is a systematic approach to grammar and usage, using narration & dictation preparing the student for eventually writing from scratch. Where IEW has an eye toward using existing grammar/usage knowlege to actually do the from-scratch writing. Would you say that's a correct understanding of the difference between these programs? Thanks!

Would you suppose I could use WWE at home w/o totally confusing my daughter as she does IEW once a week for CC group and whatever assignments go along w/ that?

Hi, I'm coming out of lurkdom to make my first Hive post. :) We currently use PLL (Serl) w/ my 8yo and wanted to move toward something a little more substantial next year. If it matters, she's behind the curve on LA, as she's still getting some phonics lessons in the LA mix. Next year, she'll be using IEW through our CC group, but it seems so overwhelming for me. I'm debating on using something else at home and just having her do the minimum of IEW exercises for CC. Is there anything else you just love that you think I should look into? TIA for any input you can provide.