[Domestic Church]

"I'm interested to know what the different HS laws are, how y'all deal with them, how restricitive are they?"

According to HSLDA we're (PA) tied for worst place with N.Y. but both states are fighting to throw off some ball & chains. PA is really corrupt (NEA keystone) and depending upon the superintendent in a school district one could be granted relative freedom after filing the beginning affidavit and educational objectives or one could be facing trumped up truancy charges (even though papers are properly filed.)

Then standardized testing is required in certain years and in all years a portfolio of work samples from required subjects and a reading log must be evaluated by a state teacher or school shrink and then it all has to be submitted to the superindentent of the school district for them to nitpick, glean ideas from and figure how to further harrass the poor home educator.

[Carolina]

I have a good friend in PA who homeschools and she has been under the gun, so to speak. HSLDA has had to step in and help her out with the local apparatchik.

...glean ideas from and figure how to further harrass the poor home educator.

This has been my friend's experience. The other HS families around her are in bunker-down mentality. My sympathies to you.