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Isn't it interesting that the chancellor considers it child abuse to refuse to send a child into a dangerous school environment?

What do the homeschooling laws require in New York? Surely it should not be too difficult to get set up properly.

What do the homeschooling laws require in New York?

I don't know about NY law, but in New Jersey the laws are (surprisingly) good for homeschoolers. In NJ we don't have to get 'approval' by state or local schoolboards, only affirm that we provide an 'equivalent' education to that supposedly provided by public schools. 'Equivalence' has been interpreted liberally in state court decisions.

Pennsylvania, OTOH, has set up an incredible set of hoops for homeschooling parents to jump through.

Here is a page on New York's homeschool laws. The mother could have done this at the beginning of the school year and saved herself a lot of grief. There are plenty of correspondence high school programs that would satisfy New York's relatively stringent requirements (like this one from Missouri, which is validly used in every state.)

Notice that there is no requirement that homeschooling take place between 8 AM and 3 PM, so homeschooling a high schooler is not incompatible with a parent working, if the teenager is willing to stay at home & not roam the streets. Mom should also ditch the junk TV and enable it so the girl can watch History Channel, Discover, Learning Channel etc. if she wants a break from the books.

In general, I hate to read articles like this, because it makes those homeschooling for high school look like idiots, which they are generally *not.*