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The Official Code of Georgia Annotated or OCGA is the compendium of all laws in the state of Georgia. Like other state codes in the United States, its legal interpretation is subject to the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Code, the Code of Federal Regulations, and the state's constitution. It is to the state what the U.S. Code is to the federal ...
The Constitution of Georgia is the foremost source of state law. Legislation is enacted by the Georgia General Assembly, published in the Georgia Laws, and codified in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.). State agencies promulgate regulations (sometimes called administrative law) which are codified in the Rules and Regulations of ...
As noted by Mark Hegener, then publisher of Home Education Magazine, "HSLDA used homeschooling families to jump strongly on the Federal side of the scale of State's rights vs. Federal rights. For homeschoolers this means someday, some poor federal bureaucrat is going to be stuck with the task of writing regulations which define homeschooling." [4]
State law requires notification only if the child was previously in a public school and is withdrawn; the notification required is merely a letter notifying the school district of the parent(s)' intent, and only one letter is required at the initial decision to withdraw the child from public school and homeschool instead (annual letters are not ...
Homeschool advocates have long challenged requirements that would involve state oversight. In 1993, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision that a requirement for homeschool teachers to ...
Finally, in 1870, the Georgia State Board of Education was established, and was originally composed of the Governor, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Comptroller General and the State School Commissioner. [6] The commissioner was to be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Georgia State Senate, which is still in place ...
Homeschooling is not explicitly illegal in Brazil, it is currently considered a grey area due to a lack of specific federal legislation regulating it; meaning parents can face legal challenges if they homeschool their children without adhering to state-specific rules and requirements, which can vary significantly depending on the region.
In 1990, homeschool lobbyists defeated a proposed Florida law which would have required parents to be run against a child abuse registry before being allowed to homeschool their children. [84] In the United States, only two states, Pennsylvania and Arkansas , prevent convicted child abusers and sex offenders from homeschooling.