s/o hours in a year?

[athomeontheprairie]

How many hours are required by the state for your homeschool? Another thread said 900, in my state it's 1,116. Just curious about what is required in yours.

 

*ours also has a number of days option (186).

 

**I am not asking about how many hours *you* homeschool. Just what is required by your state (whether it is enforced or not is irrelevant)

[Jackie]

None. We are required 180 days, but there is no definition whatsoever of what makes a day a "school day".

[JenneinCA]

None. I am a very small private school in California. I make all the rules.

[regentrude]

1,000

[Erica in OR]

Oregon has no days or hours requirements.

 

Erica in OR

[Ethel Mertz]

The "equivalent" of 180 days, 990 hours. That's what our case law says. How "equivalent" is interpreted is an open question.

[The Girls' Mom]

180 days here.  No hour requirement that I know of.

[HomeAgain]

We have no requirement. I keep track anyway.

[scoutingmom]

No requirements

 

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[Sahamamama]

New Jersey has no requirements for days, hours, testing, portfolios, evaluations, or supervision. Just "equivalent instruction elsewhere than at school" is all we have to go by.

[zarabellesmom]

810 hours over 180 days. Please don't ask if I track that.

 

Wow, I've just done some math and I'm definitely working too hard. My oldest is dancing 8.25 hours a week this year and also piano lessons. That comes to 315 hours (of music and PE) by itself. When I figure out what time is left and divide by my 180 days, I only need 2.75 hours of instruction per school day. Wow! I could become a total slacker and still be in compliance. Don't tell my daughter.

[Mom28kds]

I thought we had 180 days but looked it up yesterday and Ohio has 900 hours instead. Must've changed in the last couple of years.

[elegantlion]

I homeschooled in two states. One was 1,000 hours per year (calendar year). The other was 180 days. 

[theelfqueen]

172 days averaging at least 4 hours a day for a whopping total of 688 hours.

 

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[Carrie12345]

180 days OR 900 hours elementary/990 secondary.

 

We track the 180 for reporting.  I am also tracking academic hours for my high schooler, but for my own needs as a newbie to high school.  I did try to track all the kids' hours one year, just to see how it would turn out, and wanted to throw myself off a bridge after a week.

[Sherry in OH]

900 hours with no tracking requirements.  

[deerforest]

My state tells me I'm supposed to do 180 days and take attendance.

[luuknam]

NY: 900 in grades 1-6, 990 in grades 7-12.

[luuknam]

Wow, I've just done some math and I'm definitely working too hard. My oldest is dancing 8.25 hours a week this year and also piano lessons. That comes to 315 hours (of music and PE) by itself. When I figure out what time is left and divide by my 180 days, I only need 2.75 hours of instruction per school day. Wow! I could become a total slacker and still be in compliance. Don't tell my daughter.

 

That may or may not work in your state. In NY, we can use *some* group instruction, but not for the majority of time (actually looking at your numbers again, you'd be doing it less than the majority of the time, but I'm going to leave this just because):

 

"May groups of parents provide home instruction collectively by engaging the services of a tutor to provide group instruction to their children?

Parents providing home instruction to their children may arrange to have their children instructed in a group situation for particular subjects but not for a majority of the home instruction program."

 

http://www.nyhen.org/SED-QA.htm

[luuknam]

Ugh, and apparently we should move before 7th grade, as in 7th grade we have to start counting units, and "a unit means 6,480 minutes", and I'm *really* not up for counting minutes.

 

http://www.p12.nysed.gov/part100/pages/10010.html#e

[J-rap]

Ours is 180.  I didn't keep a record, but we pretty much followed the public school calendar.

[Dmmetler]

For PS, a school day has to be 4 hours to count. I don't think that officially applies to homeschooling, but that's kind of the mental metric that I use.

[Ethel Mertz]

Ugh, and apparently we should move before 7th grade, as in 7th grade we have to start counting units, and "a unit means 6,480 minutes", and I'm *really* not up for counting minutes.

 

http://www.p12.nysed.gov/part100/pages/10010.html#e

 

Good grief! What ever possessed them to put it in minutes? 6,480 minutes = 108 hours.

[Noreen Claire]

The equivalent of 180 days and 900/990 hours in MA. I'm spreading school over the entire year (Sept 1 - Aug 31), so I'm not worried about the hours.

[zarabellesmom]

That may or may not work in your state. In NY, we can use *some* group instruction, but not for the majority of time (actually looking at your numbers again, you'd be doing it less than the majority of the time, but I'm going to leave this just because):

 

"May groups of parents provide home instruction collectively by engaging the services of a tutor to provide group instruction to their children?

Parents providing home instruction to their children may arrange to have their children instructed in a group situation for particular subjects but not for a majority of the home instruction program."

 

http://www.nyhen.org/SED-QA.htm

I'm in GA and was only teasing about using those hours anyway. We spend more than the necessary number of hours on schoolwork, field trips and bunny trails. :)

[reign]

I'm in Michigan and have no rules concerning hours or days.

[Mama2BugNBear]

Here in Wisconsin, we're required to have no less than 875 hours of instruction per school year. We're also required to have no less than 2 months summer vacation  :glare:... Not sure how that works out for year around schooling  :lol:, but I'm certain it's for the tourism factor here in the Wisco. 

[athomeontheprairie]

Here in Wisconsin, we're required to have no less than 875 hours of instruction per school year. We're also required to have no less than 2 months summer vacation :glare:... Not sure how that works out for year around schooling :lol:, but I'm certain it's for the tourism factor here in the Wisco.

I've never heard of the state mandating a break. Are you required to take it during a certain time frame? (Say between June and July?)

[athomeontheprairie]

Also, wow. My state (Kansas, so far) seems to have the highest figures. In some cases it comes out to an additional 40 days of instruction. That's slightly crazy to me.

 

*my state is low regulation and doesn't require proof or actually enforce anything, but I do think it's interesting.

[Garga]

180 days or 900 hours for elementary. 180 days or 990 hours for secondary. We have to keep track. I keep track of days rather than hours.

[Loesje22000]

The minimum is set on 16 hours a week during at least 26 weeks.

We don't have to record the hours.

 

 

[luuknam]

Here in Wisconsin, we're required to have no less than 875 hours of instruction per school year. We're also required to have no less than 2 months summer vacation  :glare:... Not sure how that works out for year around schooling  :lol:, but I'm certain it's for the tourism factor here in the Wisco. 

 

 

I've never heard of the state mandating a break. Are you required to take it during a certain time frame? (Say between June and July?)

 

I was surprised too, but that's what Google's for:

 

118.165(1)(f)

(f)  The pupils in the institution’s educational program, in the ordinary course of events, return annually to the homes of their parents or guardians for not less than 2 months of summer vacation, or the institution is licensed as a child welfare agency under s. 48.60 (1).

 

http://a2zhomeschooling.com/laws/united_states/wisconsin_home_school_laws/

 

That, to me, sounds like that part has more to do with boarding schools or something (maybe any kind of B&M school). It doesn't sound like it's aimed at homeschools though, as there's no "returning annually to the homes of their parents or guardians". I don't know what case law says, but I suspect you can educate your kid year round as much as you want.

[Mama2BugNBear]

Yes, I re-read that and it does seem to be for private boarding type schools... although I'm not sure if we have those here! 

[emmaluv+2more]

1000 hours in a calendar year. 600 of those must be in core subjects. No logging of hours required.

[mschickie]

Ugh, and apparently we should move before 7th grade, as in 7th grade we have to start counting units, and "a unit means 6,480 minutes", and I'm *really* not up for counting minutes.

 

http://www.p12.nysed.gov/part100/pages/10010.html#e

 

 

Unit is 108 hours (nobody does the minutes).  That ends up being 3 hrs a week for 36 weeks which in reality you are probably doing already.

 

Most folks just put on their IHIP they are doing 1 unit of the subject and then on their quarterlies they still just put 247.5+

 

It is easy.

[Rebel Yell]

PA : 180 days OR 900 hours elementary (age 8 or whenever first reporting child-grade 6)/990 secondary (grades 7-12)

 

Nothing in the law defines a "day" so technically it could be 30 minutes or 10+hours. Nothing in the law defines "grade level" or even requires us to declare one.

 

We are not required to turn in anything "proving" we met the requirements.

 

I know my girls do far above and beyond both hours and days. I don't keep track, since nobody truly cares and nobody sees any kind of chart or planner pages or anything. The work gets done, and they get the same credit whether it takes 4 months to finish a course or 18 months.

[luuknam]

Unit is 108 hours (nobody does the minutes).  That ends up being 3 hrs a week for 36 weeks which in reality you are probably doing already.

 

Most folks just put on their IHIP they are doing 1 unit of the subject and then on their quarterlies they still just put 247.5+

 

It is easy.

 

Well, yeah. I know I can divide by 60 and get the hours. I don't like the micromanage-y nature of it though. If I want to spend less than 6 hours a week on math, for example, that should be my prerogative, as long as the kid is doing fine. Currently definitely not doing 6 hours/week of math, but oldest is only going into 4th (and is ahead in math).

[MinivanMom]

For PS, a school day has to be 4 hours to count. I don't think that officially applies to homeschooling, but that's kind of the mental metric that I use.

 

In our state, the buses just have to be sent out for it to count as a school day. So if the district declares a "snow day" at 6 am, after the buses start picking up magnet kids at 5:30 am, then it counts as a day of school for every student in the district. That's some crazy logic there, but it helps alleviate any guilt I might feel about counting a day at the zoo or a day at the museum as a school day.

 

We're required to keep attendance, but have only the vague instruction that school must be held for 9 months of the year. Somehow I always wind up with around 185 days which seems right for 9 months of school. Counting hours would drive me crazy.

[luuknam]

In our state, the buses just have to be sent out for it to count as a school day. So if the district declares a "snow day" at 6 am, after the buses start picking up magnet kids at 5:30 am, then it counts as a day of school for every student in the district. That's some crazy logic there, but it helps alleviate any guilt I might feel about counting a day at the zoo or a day at the museum as a school day.

 

Here the schools sometimes do a field trip to the zoo or a museum, or a play, or w/e, so I have zero guilt over those, regardless.

 

I'm not 100% sure how they count snow days here, but so far every snow day has been counted as a snow day. A late start due to 'snow' (excessive cold, really), would count as a regular day, if my memory serves me right (late starts tend to do bus routes 2 hours late, which probably translates into only 1.5 hours of instructional time lost as normally the buses get the kids to school on time for breakfast at school). Oh, and one day they just sat all the kids in the school cafeteria because with the 6ft of snow in south Buffalo too many teachers couldn't make it to school (even though our district had barely any snow), and still counted it as a school day.

[mamamoose]

1080 hours in Montana.

[mom2scouts]

Our state requires 900 hours. I don't keep track. I could easily come up with 900 hours of educational time if I ever had to prove it.

[Soror]

Ours is 1000 hrs all ages. It has never made sense to me that the same is required for 2nd grade as for 12th grade. On the younger end I am much more liberal with what I count as school because it doesn't take that much sit down time for my early elementary kids. 

[Rachel]

We don't count hours, just days. It's supposed to be the same number of days as the county in which you live. The state mandates 180 days but my county usually has 185.