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IDEA Poll

Weigh In on Homeschool Issues 
(A poll for homeschoolers and their supporters).
 
Your answers will help AHEA set its priorities: Please rate the importance of the following issues facing homeschoolers in Alaska.  If you do not support this issue, select do not agree.
Raising compulsory school attendance age from 16 to 18





Raising the age of compulsory school attendance may affect homeschoolers as it requires them to continue their home education for two years longer than now required and it would also raise from 16 to 18 the age of a person restricted to a combined total h
Elimination of funding restrictions related to use of privately-owned materials





Currently, the Department of Education requires that homeschoolers in statewide programs use "State fundable" materials in at least four courses in order for the district to be funded (which limits enrollment funding for child). Should those families be a
Equity in the ability to access allotment funds for assessments





The in-district programs are able to pay for assessments that will help the parents meet their child's educational needs (Iowa Basic and Learning Styles) while the statewide programs are not. Do you believe that the statewide programs should be able to pa
Parity in access to funding for Art, Music & P.E. Funding





Currently, only statewide programs suffer limitations in funding for Fine Arts, Music and P.E. Should the State Board of Education eliminate the 15% of funding formula limitation (the spending cap) on Art, Music and P.E.? (1=agree and this is highly i
Separation of P.E. from the allotment limits because P.E. is a required credit





There is an obesity epidemic that threatens children in the U.S. Since P.E. is a required subject and art and music are not, should funding for P.E. be subject to the same restrictions as Art and Music? (1=agree and this is highly important, 5=agree, b
Ability for one parent to provide instruction and to use family passes for instruction and practice when it is more economical





Currently, the statewide programs cannot pay for a family pass to a facility, even when it is the most cost efficient use of the child's allotment! Do you believe that homeschoolers in statewide programs should be able to take advantage of savings from f
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