New Law Expands Homeschooler Access

to Public School Sports & Extracurricular Activities After years of legislative debate and the near passage of similar legislation, Governor Jim Justice signed into law House Bill 4925, making public school extracurricular activities more accessible to West...

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HSLDA Weighs In

HSLDA Weighs In

The West Virginia Department of Education released a memo citing the impact of the coronavirus to recommend that county boards give homeschoolers a sort of grace period until December 31, 2020 if they submit a standardized test as their annual assessment. This grace...

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The State of 2020 Assessments

The State of 2020 Assessments

Do we still have to do them? Yesterday the WV State DOE issued a statement strongly encouraging counties to accept homeschool testing results through December 31.  This should be a relief to any homeschool instructors who have 3rd, 5th, 8th or 11th graders and who are...

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2020 Assessment Deadline Update

2020 Assessment Deadline Update

Please Don’t Call the WVDE Some homeschool parents are concerned about getting assessment results in time for the June 30th deadline in light of the COVID-19 guidelines and the cancellation of test centers. Both the WVHEA and CHEWV have been in contact with the state...

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New Member Resource: Annual Assessment Tracker

New Member Resource: Annual Assessment Tracker

As a free members-only resource, CHEWV will soon be sending our newly-created Annual Assessment Tracker to all our members. While WV homeschooling families no longer need to submit assessment results to their County Board of Education every single year, assessments -...

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2020 Legislative Roller Coaster

While CHEWV has made only limited public statements about the happenings during the 2020 Legislative session, it is not due to lack of legislative activity related to homeschooling!  On the contrary, this session has been somewhat of a roller coaster.  At times,...

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Legislative Recap: 2020 Session

Legislative Recap: 2020 Session

My first Legislative Report of the 2020 Session began with acknowledging that the growth of homeschooling is now seen as a threat.  I predicted that we might see introduction of legislation to stem the growth of homeschooling or to increase regulation.  We saw both.  ...

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