American Home Schools

Indiana law requires homeschoolers to provide 180 days of instruction and keep attendance records, though there is no special form for these records, which are, as the code states, "kept solely to verify the enrollment and attendance of any particular child upon request of the state superintendent of public instruction." Homeschools must provide instruction equivalent to that given in the public schools, but, as stated on the DOE website, "state law does not define equivalency of instruction." Further, "state law exempts home schools from the curriculum and program requirements which public schools must follow."

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Summary:

Subject to the specific exceptions under this chapter, each individual shall attend either a public school which the individual is entitled to attend under IC 20-8.1-6.1 or some other school which is taught in the English language.

The parents of an individual who would otherwise be subject to compulsory school attendance under subsection (b), upon request of the superintendent of the school corporation, certify to the superintendent of the school corporation that the parents intend to:
        (1) enroll the individual in a nonaccredited, nonpublic school; or
        (2) begin providing the individual with instruction equivalent to that given in the public schools as permitted under section 34 of this chapter; not later than the date on which the individual reaches seven (7) years of age.