Historical Archive -- This article refers to meetings held in 1996. All school board policies have since been revoked and replaced with the Ministry of Education's
Policy/Program Memorandum No.131. The discussion about "satisfactory instruction" is nevertheless still relevant.
article by Fred Schueler
published in the (or rather, a) 1997 or 1998 issue of Home Rules, the OFTP members' newsletter
In April 1996 the Education Policy Committee of the Leeds and Grenville County Board of Education proposed a Homeschooling Policy that would self-authorize the Board to require plans and evaluate instruction by parents. This policy was only slightly modified from the Board’s current policy, with which, for several years, most home-based educators in the United…