re: Question about home schooling

Texas IS known as one of the most lax states in terms of homeschool reporting requirements. There is a spectrum of reporting requirements and Texas is at one end while other states such as New York, Pennsylvania, etc. are at the other end. My own state (Maryland) is considered to be somewhere in the middle and that's just fine with me. In PA a homeschooling family's portfolio has to be verified by a certified teacher, among other very strict requirements. Of course, human ingenuity being what it is, there are ways to get around these requirements (such as getting your best friend Betty who just happens to be a teacher to summarily sign off on your work). In all honesty, most of these reporting requirements, no matter how draconian, are just bureaucratic hoops through which families have to jump for very little good reason.