Title: Education and Homeschooling: State Laws - FindLaw
Headings: Education and Homeschooling: State Laws
Education and Homeschooling: State Laws
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Content: There are no teacher certification requirements. Students must take standardized tests or submit to an approved, alternative form of assessment. Michigan: A child may be educated at home by a parent or legal guardian in reading, spelling, mathematics, science, history, civics, literature, writing, and English grammar. Parents are not required to notify the state, and the burden is on the state to show that a child is not receiving an adequate education. The teacher certification requirement was held to be unconstitutional by the Michigan Supreme Court. The state also has a nonpublic school option, which does require certified instructors. Minnesota: Parents may qualify to teach their children in one of six ways, including certification, working under the direct supervision of a qualified instructor, or by holding a baccalaureate degree. Students must take achievement tests, but the results do not need to be submitted to the school distric