Legal/Homeschool Laws
Laws that regulate home education vary from state to state. It is important to understand the legal requirements in your state and to be aware of legislative and other legal issues that affect homeschoolers in your community. We've compiled resources that will help you become informed. Although homeschooling is legal in all 50 states, and the vast majority of homeschoolers face no problems, you may find that you need legal assistance at some point in your homeschooling career. We've compiled a list of resources to help you find the support you need. And if you'd like to become more involved in working towards homeschooling freedoms, we discuss some of the issues facing homeschoolers that we hope you find compelling.
State Laws
Read the laws regulating home education in Nebraska and browse through the case law and legal opinions relating to those laws, along with government publications relating to homeschooling and summaries of the laws.
Forms
Which forms do you need to fill out? Where can you get them? Here is a list of useful forms for homeschooling in Nebraska.
Legal Support
If you need legal information or have run into a legal situation regarding your decision to homeschool, these resources will be helpful.
Lobbying Groups
A listing of local and national lobbying groups and information on how you can become involved in the political process to ensure the freedom to homeschool is protected.
Attorneys
When searching for an attorney, it is helpful to know whether he or she has experience working with homeschoolers and is interested in protecting the right to homeschool.
Legal Issues
Is homeschooling legal? Which laws pertain to homeschoolers and which don't? How do homeschoolers protect their rights to freely educate their children and to preserve their privacy?
Government Resources
A listing of local and state government resources, including your state's Department of Education, school districts, and Senate and House of Representative information.
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Colorado Statute 25-4-901
This statute relates to state of Colorado school entry immunization requirements.
79-1603 Private, denominational, or parochial schools; religious instruction; sections, how construed.
Nothing contained in sections 79-1601 to
79-1607 shall be so construed as to interfere with religious
instruction in any private, denominational, or parochial school.
Nebraska Department of Education
The Nebraska Department of Education provides information regarding preK-12 public education in the state of Nebraska.
Nebraska Legislature Current Legislative Action
Check on the status of bills, learn about pending legislation, and access the legislative calendar.
The Importance of Recordkeeping in Colorado: Best Practices for What Records to Keep
Good records equip your student with proof of education for continuing their education, entering the military, or passing an employer’s background check. It may also prove valuable if there are ever any questions about your homeschool.
79-214 Admission of children; kindergarten or beginner grade; age; evidence of physical examination; when; exception.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of
this section, the school board of any school district shall not
admit any child into the kindergarten or beginner grade of any
school of such school district unless such child has reached the
age of five years or will reach such age on or before October 15
of the current year.
(2) The board may admit a child who will reach the age
of five between October 16 and February 1 of the current school
year if the parent or g...
Colorado Statute 22-32-116.5
Extracurricular and interscholastic activities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, each school district and each public school, subject to the requirements of this section, shall allow any student enrolled in a school or participating in a nonpublic home-based educational program to participate on an equal basis in any activity offered by the school district or the public school that is not offered at the student's school of attendance or through the student's nonpublic home-ba...
79-318 State Board of Education; powers; duties.
The State Board of Education shall:
(1) Appoint and fix the compensation of the
Commissioner of Education;
(2) Remove the commissioner from office at any time for
conviction of any crime involving moral turpitude or felonious
act, for inefficiency, or for willful and continuous disregard of
his or her duties as commissioner or of the directives of the
board;
(3) Upon recommendation of the commissioner, appoint
and fix the comp...
Exempt (Home) School Program Forms
Provided by Nebraska Department of Education. For use by parents under either Rule 12 or Rule 13.
Colorado Statute 25-4-903 - Exemptions from Immunization - Rules
Regulations concerning exemptions from required immunizations in the state of Colorado.
How to Withdraw Your Child from School in Colorado
If you want to start homeschooling during the school year and your child is currently enrolled in a public or private school, you may formally withdraw your child from that school. If you are going to start homeschooling after the school year is over, and your child is considered enrolled for the following year, we recommend that you withdraw your child before the next school year begins, so that the school does not mark your child as absent or truant.
Special Education Provisions for Colorado: Regulations and Resources for Your Special Needs Homeschool
If you are homeschooling a child with special needs, you need to follow your state’s homeschool regulations. There are no additional requirements for homeschooling children with special needs.
Colorado Statutes - Complete Text
Online access to complete text of Colorado statutes. Those pertaining to home education include: 22-33-104 (Compulsory school attendance); 22-33-104.5 (Home-based education - legislative declaration - definitions - guidelines); 22-7-409, 1.2-d-III (Assessments); and 22-32-116.5 (Extracurricular and interscholastic activities).
79-211 Minimum school term.
The school term shall not be less than (1) one
thousand thirty-two instructional hours for elementary grades and
(2) one thousand eighty instructional hours for high school
grades in any public school district or private, denominational,
or parochial school. If any district which receives twenty
percent or more of its total receipts for general fund purposes
from federal sources fails to actually receive receipts
anticipated at the time of the adoption of the sc...
Public School Access for Homeschoolers in Colorado
Children participating in a non-public, home-based education program are allowed equal access to the public school’s extracurricular and interscholastic activities according to Colorado Revised Statutes § 22-33-104.5(6) and Colorado Revised Statutes § 22-32-116.5.
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