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MA Home Learning
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    • Overreach Updates
  • Getting Started
    • Quick Start Guide
      • Prior Approval
      • Attendance
      • Educational Plan
      • Parent Qualifications
      • Review of Texts
      • Academic Progress
    • Ed Plan Template
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    • District Overreach Report
    • Support Groups
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      • Virtual Schools
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      • Overreach Updates
    • Getting Started
      • Quick Start Guide
        • Prior Approval
        • Attendance
        • Educational Plan
        • Parent Qualifications
        • Review of Texts
        • Academic Progress
      • Ed Plan Template
    • Networking & Support
      • District Overreach Report
      • Support Groups
      • Resources
        • Articles & Docs
        • Free Curriculum
        • Ages & Stages
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        • Virtual Schools
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Public Documents

Regulatory Documents

  • Massachusetts General Laws Compulsory Attendance Statute: Chapter 76 Section 1

  • Care and Protection of Charles Decision (1987)

  • Brunelle v. Lynn Public Schools (1998)

Other helpful Documents

  • Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Regulations on Home Educated Students

  • Governor's Proclamation of Home Education Week

  • Brief of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees, Inc. As Amicus Curiae

  • Amicus Brief in Brunelle Case

  • Care and Protection of Ivan & another (1999)

  • In the Matter of Johnna M. Searles (1990)

  • Perchemlides Decision (1978)

  • Massachusetts Department of Education Draft Advisory on Home Education, together with the Response of HomeschoolGroups

  • Massachusetts Compulsory Attendance Statutes from 1852-1913

  • Commonwealth v. Frank Roberts (1893)

  • Memorandum of Decision and Order: Richard Davis vs. MIAA

Legacy mhla documents

  • MHLA Bylaws

  • Guide to Homeschooling in Massachusetts (2006)

  • Charles at Twenty Bill Heuer (2007)

  • Buying a Curriculum

  • Emotional Aspects of Homeschooling

  • The Case Against Grades

  • Starting to Homeschool Midway Through the Academic Year

  • John Holt and the Origins of Contemporary Homeschooling by Patrick Farenga

  • Testing in the Schools by John Holt

  • 1.1 Million Homeschooled Students in the U.S. in 2003

  • Information for Superintendents (copyright 2001) by MHLA & MassHOPE

  • DESE 2000 Advisory on Home Education & Annotated Draft Advisory & MHLA's Role

  • MHLA Past Lobbying Efforts

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