One home-school law in place in Ohio is that parents who home-school must annually notify the superintendent of their local district of the parents' intent to home-school. This notification must contain the school year, full name, and birth date of the child, full name and address of the parent, a statement that home-schooling will cover all the required subjects, a statement affirming that the required hours will be met, and an outline and general curriculum for the school year.
The home-school laws in Ohio state that the compulsory school ages for children are 6 through 18. Thus, if a child is 5 years old, it is not necessary to register him or her as a home-schooling student.
Another law enacted in Ohio states that there must be 900 hours of attendance for the entire school year. The hours must include education in music, math, language, reading, history of Ohio and the United States, science, health, physical education, fine arts, fire prevention, spelling, writing, and first aid.
Ohio law mandates that children who are home-schooled must be assessed yearly. This can be done by standardized testing, a narrative stating that the child's portfolio has been reviewed and deemed acceptable, or an alternative situation that has been agreed upon by the superintendent and the parent. If the child takes the standardized test, he must score within the 25th percentile.
The home-school laws in Ohio mandate that the parent--the primary teacher--have a GED or high school diploma. This rule may be circumvented if the parent works under direction from someone who has a bachelor's degree.