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about a person's dishonest intentions is one thing, but proving it is another. The hardest thing to do is second guess a person's sincerity and motives about their children. Just because a person's ideals may not be inline with the "norm" doesn't by it's self constitute neglect. There is a fine line between action and intention.

While the public educators haven't made it easy for families to home school with many obstacles in place. Such as in California, teachers of home-instruction programs must meet state certification requirements. State or local permission is required annually for home study. Home study must be monitored by local school administrative personnel knowledgeable about excellence in a learning environment. Students participate in state or locally mandated testing programs in suitable settings and in other assessments conducted by the school district.

Students have the option of attending public school for part-time instruction. Which allows the school district to claim full per-pupil funding with minimal attendance and overhead. (Education)

School policies and state laws overseeing truancy are getting stiffer along these lines. In addition, with the crack down by state authorities on schools lacking in their absenteeism are putting local schools at the mercy of a state medical excuse audit. Motivating school authorities to get more aggressive on unexcused abuses and hooky players. But public educators don't always resort to intimidation tactics to defuse the rising home schooling movement, in some incidences they bribe families to return to the public schools with cash incentives. (Education)

However, this doesn't tell the whole story, according to NHES, not all home schooled children are entirely home schooled. In 2003 eighteen percent of home schooled children were enrolled in a school part time. Twelve and half percent of the children were enrolled less than nine hours a week. Five percent were enrolled nine to twenty hours a week. The report did not state whether or not home schooled children were being taught exclusively by their parents or guardians or if a tutor was involved.

The evidence that home schooling works for some families (H. Statistics) are in the numbers. The average home schooled 8th grade student performs four grade levels above the national average. One in four home schooled students (24.5%) are enrolled one or more grades above age level. Students who have been home schooled their entire lives have the highest scholastic

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